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Senate Concurrent Resolution 12 History
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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 12
(By Senators Stollings, Kirkendoll and Unger)
Requesting the Division of Highways to name the one-mile section of
road on Lick Creek Road, beginning at Route 119, in Boone
County, West Virginia, the "PFC Randall Bruce Miller Memorial
Road, U. S. Army".
Whereas, Randall Bruce Miller was born on May 26, 1949, the
son of Reldo and Esta Miller of Danville, West Virginia; and
Whereas, Randall Bruce Miller graduated from Scott High School
in Madison, West Virginia, in 1967; and
Whereas, After graduating from high school, Randall Bruce
Miller was employed with Key Super Market in Danville, West
Virginia; and
Whereas, Just a matter of days before beginning his tour in
Vietnam, Randall Bruce Miller was married, on September 13, 1969,
to Gaytha Berry; and
Whereas, On September 29, 1969, Randall Bruce Miller began his
tour of duty in Vietnam, an infantryman, in the United States Army;
and
Whereas, While in Vietnam, Randall Bruce Miller was a member
of D Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry and stationed at Phuoc Long Province in South Vietnam; and
Whereas, While on a protective reaction mission in Phuoc Long
Province on December 8, 1969, Company D came under heavy fire from
a well-entrenched force; and
Whereas, On December 8, 1969, when a mere twenty years old,
Private First Class Randall Bruce Miller was killed in action while
courageously attempting to drive back the enemy force, dying
immediately from hostile fire; and
Whereas, It is only fitting and proper that this stretch of
road, in the county of his birth and the area in which he lived all
his young life, be named in his honor so the Private First Class
Randall Bruce Miller's supreme sacrifice will be memorialized and
not forgotten; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name the
one-mile stretch of road on Lick Creek Road in Boone County, West
Virginia, beginning at Route 119, the "PFC Randall Bruce Miller
Memorial Road, U. S. Army"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby
requested to cause to have made two signs that state, in bold and
prominent lettering, the "PFC Randall Bruce Miller Memorial Road,
U. S. Army" and to erect these signs on either side of the one-mile
stretch of road; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of
the Department of Transportation and to the family of PFC Randall
Bruce Miller.