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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 66
(By Delegates Eldridge, Stowers, R. Phillips and Tomblin)
Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 23-119-18.13
in Chapmanville, Logan County, West Virginia, on Corridor G,
close to Trace Fork Road, the "PFC Casey West Memorial Bridge,
United States Army".
Whereas, PFC Casey West was born on January 6, 1924, and raised
in Taplin, West Virginia; and
Whereas, While working in the coal mine at Cleen Eagle, West
Virginia, PFC Casey West was drafted into the United States Army;
and
Whereas, While in the United States Army, PFC Casey West served
as an infantryman in the 36th Division; and
Whereas, on January 22, 1944, PFC Casey West was wounded at
Casino, Italy; and
Whereas, PFC Casey West received several awards for his service
in the United States Army including a Purple Heart, a European-
African-Middle Eastern Campaign Ribbon with one Bronze Star and a
36th Division Blue Star; and
Whereas, Following his honorable discharge from the United
States Army, PFC Casey West returned to Logan County, West Virginia, where he married Freda Hager and had six children; and
Whereas, Throughout his adult life in Logan County, PFC Casey
West worked as a mechanic in the coal mines and was renowned for
his invention propensities both on the job, at home and in the
community; and
Whereas, Following a long and productive life, PFC Casey West
died on June 7, 2008, in the county of his birth; and
Whereas, It is only fitting and proper that a bridge in Logan
County, West Virginia, be named in honor of PFC Casey West and that
the bridge henceforth stand as a permanent memorial so that his
service to our country and the world and his devotion to Logan
County, West Virginia, not be forgotten; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways name bridge number 23-119-18.13
in Chapmanville, Logan County, West Virginia, on Corridor G next to
Trace Fork Road, the "PFC Casey West Memorial Bridge, United States
Army"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is requested
to have made, and be placed, signs identifying the bridge, both
north bound and south bound, in bold and prominent letters, as the
"PFC Casey West Memorial Bridge, United States Army"; 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 children of PFC Casey West who are Arlena Mann, Nancy Fowler, Drema Farris, Jerry
West and Donald West, all residing in Logan County, West Virginia.