Pennsylvania HB 766: An Act designating a portion of State Route 3037 from the intersection with Waltz Mill Flats Road to Segment 0170/Offset 0950 in Sewickley Township, Westmoreland County, as the PFC Earl "Butch" Long Memorial Highway.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 790
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 766
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY DAVANZO, BERNSTINE, COOK, HADDOCK, HEFFLEY, JAMES,
KAUFFMAN, REICHARD, ROWE AND STAATS, MARCH 3, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 3, 2025
AN ACT
Designating a portion of State Route 3037 from the intersection
with Waltz Mill Flats Road to Segment 0170/Offset 0950 in
Sewickley Township, Westmoreland County, as the PFC Earl
"Butch" Long Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. PFC Earl "Butch" Long Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Earl Wayne Long was born in Ruffs Dale on March 8,
1947.
(2) Private First Class Long enlisted in the United
States Army during the Vietnam War.
(3) Private First Class Long served as an 11B-
infantryman in B troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry
Regiment.
(4) On August 15, 1967, Private First Class Long was a
passenger in an armored personnel carrier on a combat
operation when the vehicle hit a hostile mine.
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(5) Private First Class Long was killed on August 15,
1967, in Phuoc Long, South Vietnam, at 20 years of age by a
hostile explosive device.
(6) Private First Class Long was laid to rest at
Westmoreland County Memorial Park in Greensburg.
(7) For his meritorious service, Private First Class
Long was awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart Medal, the
National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal and
the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.
(b) Designation.--The portion of State Route 3037 from the
intersection with Waltz Mill Flats Road to Segment 0170/Offset
0950 in Sewickley Township, Westmoreland County, is designated
as the PFC Earl "Butch" Long Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
traffic in both directions on the highway.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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