HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 29
(By Delegates Barker, Stowers, Eldridge,
Rodighiero and Butcher)
Requesting the Division of Highways to name Route 3 between Drawdy
Mountain to Peytona, West Virginia, the "Sgt. Chester A.
Mollett Memorial Highway."
Whereas, Chester A. Mollett was born on Drawdy Mountain in
Peytona, West Virginia on July 27, 1943; and
Whereas, Chester Mollett attended Peytona Grade School before
moving onto and graduating from Sherman High School in 1962; and
Whereas, Chester Mollett joined the U.S. Army shortly after
graduating from high school; and
Whereas, Chester Mollett served in the Army for four years,
during which time, he was a member of the 101
st Airborne; and
Whereas, Chester Mollett was discharged from the Army, he
joined the U.S. Marines and was sent to Parris Island for training
and then was sent to Vietnam; and
Whereas, Chester Mollett served one tour of duty in Vietnam and
came back to the U.S. to take additional training and returned to
Vietnam in April, 1969 as a member of the 3
rd Force Recon Company;
and
Whereas, Chester Mollett was wounded on what was to have been
his last recon mission before being discharged; and
Whereas, Chester Mollett died ten days later on February 16,
1970, aboard the hospital ship, the USS Sanctuary; and
Whereas, Chester Mollett was posthumously awarded the "Silver
Star," the third highest military honor, for bravery during combat
and unwavering devotion to duty in the face of great personal
danger; and
Whereas, Chester Mollett was buried at the Drawdy Cemetery on
February 28, 1970, with military rites; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name
Route 3 between Drawdy Mountain and Peytona, WV the "Sgt. Chester
A. Mollett Memorial Highway"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Legislature hereby requests the
Division of Highways to have made and be placed signs identifying
Route 3 between Drawdy Mountain and Peytona in Boone County, West
Virginia the "Sgt. Chester A. Mollett Memorial Highway"; 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 Chester A.
Mollett.
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