Bill Text: WV HCR12 | 2024 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: “U. S. Marine Private First Class Calvin Lee Loudin Memorial Bridge”.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-02-29 - House received Senate message [HCR12 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2024-HCR12-Comm_Sub.html
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 12
By Delegate Summers
(Originating in the Committee on Technology and Infrastructure
Reported on February 8, 2024)
Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 46-008/00-001.78(46A075), locally known as Meadland Bridge, carrying CR 008 over Hustead Fork Stream in Taylor County, the "U.S. Marine Private First Class Calvin Lee Loudin Memorial Bridge".
Whereas, Private First Class Loudin enlisted in the Marines at the age of 17 in 1943; and
Whereas, Private First Class Calvin Lee Loudin was a Marine rifleman in Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division; and
Whereas, Private First Class Loudin was wounded in the upper right arm on April 3, 1945; and
Whereas, Private First Class Calvin Lee Loudin was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation ribbon bar with star, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and the Purple Heart; and
Whereas, on May 22, 1945, he was killed in the battle of Sugar Loaf Hill on the Island of Okinawa and was initially buried there. His body was eventually returned to the United States, where he was buried with full military honors at the Hepzibah Baptist Church Cemetery in Taylor County. He is the only soldier buried in that cemetery who was killed in action; and
Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate Private First Class Calvin Lee Loudin and his contributions to our state and country; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 46-�008/00-�001.78(46A075), locally known as Meadland Bridge, carrying CR 008 over Hustead Fork Stream in Taylor County, the "U.S. Marine Private First Class Calvin Lee Loudin 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 "U.S. Marine Private First Class Calvin Lee Loudin Memorial Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways.
