West Virginia HCR 40: U. S. Army CAPT William H. Denney, Jr. Memorial Bridge

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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE 

FOR

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 40

By Delegates Sponaugle, 
Campbell, C. Thompson, Angelucci, Caputo, Barrett, Staggers, Hartman, Hott, 
Rowan, Lavender-Bowe, Boggs, N. Brown, S. Brown, and Diserio

(Originating in the Committee on Technology and 
Infrastructure

February 25, 2019)

Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 
16-55-11.40 (16A136), locally known as U. S. 220 Connector Bridge, carrying 
West Virginia Route 55 over South Valley Branch Railroad and Dumpling Run in 
Hardy County, the “U. S. Army CAPT William H. Denney, Jr. Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, William H. Denney was born November 6, 1939, 
in Washington, D. C.; and

Whereas, William H. Denney attended public schools in 
Moorefield, West Virginia and received the first scholarship from the 
Moorefield High School Scholarship Fund to attend college; and

Whereas, William H. Denney used the scholarship he was 
awarded to attend West Virginia University until he cut his education short to enter 
active U. S. Army service during an Army Reserve call up for a crisis in 
Berlin; and

Whereas, William H. Denney rose through the ranks as a 
noncommissioned officer and a commissioned officer to become Captain of Company 
D, 2d Battalion, 3d Infantry of the 199th Infantry Brigade; and

Whereas, Captain William H. Denney, United States 
Army, distinguished himself by exceptional heroism, at the loss of his own 
life, in connection with ground operations against an armed hostile force in 
the Republic of Vietnam, on 2 February 1969, while assigned to Company D, 2d 
Battalion, 3d Infantry, 199th Light Infantry Brigade; and

Whereas, On that day, Captain Denney was the 
Commanding Officer of Company D, which was in contact with a hostile enemy 
force; Captain Denney personally led his company in an attack on the hostile 
enemy force concealed in a fortified bunker complex; and

Whereas, Throughout the day-long battle, without 
regard for his own safety, Captain Denney constantly exposed himself to enemy 
fire moving around the battlefield, directing and encouraging his men; on 
several occasions, he personally led small elements of his command in daring assaults 
on enemy bunkers; and

Whereas, Late in the afternoon, an element of the 
company was pinned down by automatic weapons fire, Captain Denney made a daring 
run through a hail of enemy fire to reach a machine gun crew which he 
personally led to a position from which they could deliver suppressive fire; then, 
ignoring the heavy volume of enemy fire, he boldly crawled towards an enemy 
bunker; and

Whereas, While attempting to throw a hand grenade, he 
was badly wounded by automatic weapons fire and fell into a ditch. Captain 
Denney could have remained where he lay, shielded from enemy fire, but when he 
heard a member of his company who had been wounded earlier, cry for help, he 
crawled out of his protected position and without regard for his life crawled 
toward the ravine in which the man lay wound; as he reached the edge of the 
ravine, he reached out and told the man to take his hand; at that instant an 
enemy machine gun opened fire, fatally wounding this courageous leader; and

Whereas, Throughout the day, Captain Denney’s courage 
and leadership served as an example for all those with whom he fought. His 
valorous devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the 
military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the 199th Light Infantry 
Brigade and the United States Army; and

Whereas, CAPT Denney was posthumously awarded the 
Distinguished Service Cross on April 23, 1969, for his extraordinary heroism 
during military operations involving conflict with an arm