FILED ON: 6/19/2019
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2272
Senate, June 20, 2019 -- Substituted by amendment by the Senate (Senator Rush) as a new draft for Senate, No. 2244. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)
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An Act designating certain bridges in memory of certain members of the United States Armed Forces who lost their lives while serving in the Military.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. The Highland Ave. bridge number N-04-002 located in the town of Needham shall be designated and known as the Captain Joseph R. Fandrey memorial bridge in memory of Captain Joseph R. Fandrey who served as a helicopter pilot in the United States Marine Corps and lost his life on May 10, 1996 during a training exercise at Camp Lejune, North Carolina. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable markers bearing such designation in compliance with the standards of the department.
SECTION 2. Bridge number F-01-014 on the eastbound span of interstate route 195 overpass at River avenue in the town of Fairhaven shall be designated and known as the Staff Sergeant Donald Roger Desmarais memorial bridge” on the I-195 in memory of Staff Sergeant Donald Roger Desmarais who was killed in action on October 22, 1969 while serving as an armor crewman in the United States Army with the 5th Infantry Division, 1st Battalion, 77th Armor, B Company. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable markers bearing such designation in compliance with the standards of the department.
SECTION 3. Bridge number F-01-014 on the westbound span of interstate route 195 in the town of Fairhaven shall be designated and known as the SPC-4 Henry Anthony Chevalier memorial bridge in memory of Henry Anthony Chevalier who was killed in action on May 14, 1969 while serving as a medical specialist in the United States Army, 1st Infantry Division, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry, D Company. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable markers bearing such designation in compliance with the standards of the department.