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House Concurrent Resolution 58 History
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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 58
(By Delegate P. Smith)
Requesting the Division of Highways to name the bridge located at
Sauls Run Rte 119\21, Lewis County, specifically bridge number
21-119\21-1.77, the "Marine Lance Corporal Michael Steven
Garrett Memorial Bridge."
Whereas, Michael Steven Garrett was born on October 25, 1948 in
Weston, West Virginia to Jack Walder Garrett and Lucille Irene
Garrett. He attended Weston High School. He joined the United
States Marine Corps on March 29, 1968. His unit was the CAP 1-1-6,
CAO 1-1 1st CAG, COMBINED ACTION, III MAF. He began a tour of duty
in Vietnam on September 12, 1968. He was shot on March 3, 1969, in
Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam while on patrol and died on March
4, 1969 at the 95th Evacuation Hospital Danang. He was buried in
the Masonic Cemetery in Weston, West Virginia along side his
parents. He was survived by his siblings, Donnie Garrett of
Weston, Jackie Garrett of Buchannon, Frances Saunders of Weston,
Sharon Powell of Buchannon and Randy Harris of Amarillo, Texas; and
Whereas, Lance Corporal Michael Steven Garrett made the supreme
sacrifice for his country and state; and
Whereas, It is fitting to honor Michael Steven Garrett by naming the bridge located at Sauls Run Rte 119\21, Lewis County,
specifically bridge number 21-119\21-1.77, the "Marine Lance
Corporal Michael Steven Garrett Memorial Bridge"; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways
to name the bridge located at Sauls Run Rte 119\21, Lewis County,
specifically bridge number 21-119\21-1.77, the "Marine Lance
Corporal Michael Steven Garrett 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 "Marine Lance Corporal Michael Steven Garrett 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 surviving family and
relatives of Marine Lance Corporal Michael Steven Garrett.