HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 24

(By Delegates Hamilton and Lynch)

[Introduced February 24, 2017]

 Requesting the Division of Highways to name Bridge Number: 49-9-11.77 (49A133) (38.85693, -80.13636), locally known as Queens Spread Box Beam Bridge, carrying County Route 9 over Right Fork of Middle Fork River in Upshur County the “U.S. Army SGT Eugene E. Arbogast Memorial Bridge.”

Whereas, Eugene E. Arbogast was born June 11, 1931, in Hemlock, West Virginia, one of five children including his sisters Virginia Lee, Bonnie May, Frances Kay and Mary Ann; and

Whereas, Eugene answered the call to serve his country, attending basic training in Fort Knox, Kentucky with the U.S. Army’s 32nd Infantry Division; and

Whereas, Eugene departed for Japan in May 1950 and for Korea later in the same year; and

Whereas, Eugene assisted in training South Korean troops; and

Whereas, Eugene was killed in combat in Korea on July 2, 1951; and

Whereas, Eugene E. Arbogast’s service to his country honors his family, his community and the entire State of West Virginia; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name Bridge Number: 49-9-11.77 (49A133) (38.85693, -80.13636), locally known as Queens Spread Box Beam Bridge, carrying County Route 9 over Right Fork of Middle Fork River in Upshur County, the “U.S. Army SGT Eugene E. Arbogast 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 “U.S. Army SGT Eugene E. Arbogast Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and to the family of U. S. Army SGT Eugene E. Arbogast, including Mary Tenney of Buckhannon, West Virginia and Virginia Gilmore of Southington, Ohio.