Pennsylvania Act 2010-10 — PFC. JUSTIN W. DREESE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY - DESIGNATION

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AN ACT

Designating State Route 35 from Selinsgrove to the Snyder County line near Richfield as the Pfc. Justin W. Dreese Memorial Highway.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Pfc. Justin W. Dreese Memorial Highway.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:

(1) Pfc. Justin W. Dreese, a 21-year-old from Freeburg, Snyder County, died September 2, 2006, from injuries suffered in a mortar attack while serving in Iraq as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

(2) Pfc. Dreese was a 2004 graduate of Selinsgrove High School. He was deployed to Iraq in July 2006 as a paratrooper in the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

(3) Pfc. Dreese's patrol came under attack in Yusifiyah, Iraq. Also killed in the combat was Sgt. Ralph N. Porras.

(4) Pfc. Dreese was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.

(b) Designation.--State Route 35 from Selinsgrove to the Snyder County line near Richfield is hereby designated as the Pfc. Justin W. Dreese Memorial Highway.

(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway designated under subsection (b) to traffic in both directions.

Section 2. Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.