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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 16

(By Delegate Hamilton)

 

 

 

Requesting that bridge number 49-20/10-1.12 on Alton Road in French Creek, Upshur County, West Virginia, be named the “Staff Sergeant Cecil Y. Ware Memorial Bridge”.

    Whereas, Staff Sergeant Cecil Y. Ware was born on February 15, 1932, in French Creek, West Virginia, to Rosie and Coleman Ware; and

    Whereas, Staff Sergeant Ware attended schools in Adrian, West Virginia, and prior to enlisting in the United States Army, skidded logs for Harry J. Hall and was employed by Brent Freeman of Adrian; and

    Whereas, Staff Sergeant Ware enlisted in the United States Army on September 24, 1952, and was sent to Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, prior to being transferred to Korea where he served for 18 months; and

    Whereas, Staff Sergeant Ware returned to the United States and was transferred to Germany where he served for four years and married Gisela Klos; and

    Whereas, Staff Sergeant Ware was returned to Korea for a 12 month tour of duty, returned to the United States for one year and was then transferred to Vietnam, beginning his Vietnam tour on October 16, 1965; and

    Whereas, On February 24, 1966, Staff Sergeant Cecil Y. Ware was killed in Binh Duong Province, 20 miles north of Saigon, when hit by mortar fire as his platoon in the First Infantry Division was moving up on a machine gun nest of the Viet Cong; and

    Whereas, Staff Sergeant Ware was the first Upshur County serviceman to lose his life in the Vietnam war; and

    Whereas, Staff Sergeant Cecil Y. Ware was the recipient of the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal; and

    Whereas, Staff Sergeant Cecil Y. Ware served his country and his state with honor and distinction and gave the ultimate sacrifice; therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 49-20/10-1.12 on Alton Road in French Creek, Upshur County, West Virginia, the “Staff Sergeant Cecil Y. Ware Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the Commissioner of the Division of Highways is hereby requested to erect signs at both ends of the bridge containing bold and prominent letters proclaiming the bridge the “Staff Sergeant Cecil Y. Ware Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways and to surviving daughter, Carmen G. Ware of Schererville, Indiana, siblings Frank Ware of French Creek, Mavis Small of Kesling Mill, Rosa Lee Ware of Buckhannon and Norma Jean Faultner of Parkersburg.

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