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House Concurrent Resolution 46 History
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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 46
(By Delegates Eldridge, Stowers, Rodighiero and Butcher)
Requesting the Division of Highways to name the bridge near
Stollings in Logan County on State Route 17
, bridge number 23-
17-0.30, as the "Staff Sergeant Robert Lee Chambers Memorial
Bridge".
Whereas, Staff Sergeant Robert Lee Chambers
was born on May 5,
1941, in Fort Branch, a son of Leonard Jack Chambers and Beatrice
Chambers; and
Whereas, Staff Sergeant Chambers
grew up in Logan County and
attended Logan County High School; and
Whereas, Staff Sergeant Chambers
was in the U.S. Army,
successfully served four tours of duty in Vietnam, was a helicopter
gunner and was missing in action for three months; and
Whereas,
Staff Sergeant Chambers
was wounded while serving in
Vietnam and lost a leg as a result of those wounds; and
Whereas, Staff Sergeant Chambers
was awarded the Vietnam
Service Medal with nine Campaign Stars, the Army Service Ribbon,
the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the
Purple Heart, the Combat Infantry Badge, the Army Commendation
Medal, four Overseas Service Bars, the Armed Forces Expeditionary
Medal, the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, the Bronze Star, six Awards for the Good Conduct Medal and the Overseas Service Ribbon; and
Whereas,
Staff Sergeant Chambers
was honorably discharged from
the U. S. Army after twenty-three years of exemplary service and
returned to live in Stollings until his death on December 7, 2009
;
and
Whereas, It is fitting to honor Staff Sergeant Chambers
for his
service to his community, his state and his country by naming the
bridge
near Stollings in Logan County on Route 17
, bridge number
23-17-0.30
, as the "Staff Sergeant Robert Lee Chambers Memorial
Bridge"
;
therefore, be it
Resolved by the West Virginia Legislature:
That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways
to name the bridge
near Stollings in Logan County on Route 17
,
bridge number 23-17-0.30
, as the "Staff Sergeant Robert Lee
Chambers Memorial Bridge"
; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby
requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge
as the "
Staff Sergeant Robert Lee Chambers 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 Staff Sergeant Robert Lee
Chambers
' wife, Lora Linville Chambers; son, Roger Lee Chambers,
Jr.; daughters
Sheila Lester, Robbie Brewster and Darlene Carroll;
and surviving brothers and sisters, Jimmy Chambers, John Chambers, Larry Chambers, Stella Hightower, Delores Vance and Ruth Shanklin.