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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 103

(By Delegates A. Evan, Hamilton, Rowan and R. Romine)

[Introduced March 24, 2017]

 

Requesting the Division of Highways to name Bridge Number 12-3-0.02 (12A003) (39.11719, -79.16785), locally known as Maysville Bridge, carrying County Route 3 over Lunice Creek in Grant County, the “U S Army PFC Tracy Victor Rohrbaugh Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, Tracy Victor Rohrbaugh was born October 27, 1922, in Martin, Grant County, West Virginia, son of Victor Adam Rohrbaugh and Dovie Clara Rohrbaugh; and

Whereas, Tracy was later joined by three brothers and five sisters; and

Whereas, The Rohrbaugh family had been well established in Grant County for many years; and

Whereas, The Rohrbaugh family lived in Martin for all of Tracy’s life; and

Whereas, Tracy Victor Rohrbaugh was inducted into the United States Army in January, 1942, and trained at Camp Maxy and Camp Hood in Texas; and

Whereas, The young soldier was shipped overseas for service in the European Theater on New Year’s Day, 1943; and

Whereas, U S Army PFC Tracy Victor Rohrbaugh served with the 625th Ordnance Ammunition Company during his time in Europe; and

Whereas, In his last letter home on April 17, 1944, PFC Rohrbaugh stated that ”everything is going fine and I could not be any better shape.” Sadly, this would not last for long; and

Whereas, Just ten days after that letter was written, PFC Tracy Victor Rohrbaugh was killed in action while participating in Exercise Tiger, a large scale training exercise in England in preparation for the Normandy invasion; and

Whereas, PFC Tracy Victor Rohrbaugh, whose body was buried at sea, was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, American Campaign Medal and WW-II Victory Medal; and

Whereas, In recognition of his honorable service in World War II, and for his ultimate sacrifice, PFC Rohrbaugh’s name is inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Cambridge American Cemetery in Cambridge, England, and his name was one of the original names inscribed on the West Virginia Veteran’s Memorial; and

Whereas, It is fitting that the state continue to honor this fallen hero by a memorial in the area in which he lived; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name Bridge Number 12-3-0.02 (12A003) (39.11719, -79.16785), locally known as Maysville Bridge, carrying County Route 3 over Lunice Creek in Grant County, the “U S Army PFC Tracy Victor Rohrbaugh Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the Bridge Number 12-3-0.02 (12A003) (39.11719, -79.16785), locally known as Maysville Bridge, carrying County Route 3 over Lunice Creek in Grant County, the “U S Army PFC Tracy Victor Rohrbaugh Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forward certified copies of this resolution to the Director of the Division of Highways.

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