PRINTER'S NO. 652
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
593
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY LAUGHLIN, APRIL 26, 2019
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 26, 2019
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 15986, on that
portion of Interstate 79 northbound over West 16th Street in
the City of Erie, Erie County, as the Thomas J. Kennedy, Jr.,
Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Thomas J. Kennedy, Jr., Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Thomas J. Kennedy, Jr., was born May 18, 1930, in
the City of Erie, Erie County, and served the United States
in the Marine Corps, where he reached the rank of Captain.
(2) Captain Kennedy was the Senior Battalion Advisor to
the Fifth Battalion, Vietnamese Marine Brigade, in the
hostile area of Phu An, Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam.
(3) On June 12, 1966, Captain Kennedy was with the Fifth
Battalion Command Post when the lead elements were pinned
down by heavy enemy fire and the Command Post was destroyed
by enemy mortar and rifle fire, killing the Battalion
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