HJR 82

UNOFFICIAL COPY  26 RS BR 2342
1A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Hospital Corpsman Fred Lamarr Salyer
2 Memorial Highway in Magoffin County.
3WHEREAS, Fred Lamarr Salyer was born on March 25, 1947, the son of Glen and
4 Lerlean Caudill Salyer; and
5WHEREAS, Fred Lamarr Salyer answered his nation's call to service during the
6 Vietnam War, serving as Hospital Corpsman with the United States Marines; and
7WHEREAS, on February 6th, 1968, in Thua Thien, South Vietnam, Fred Lamarr
8 Salyer was killed in an explosion just two months shy of his 21st birthday; and
9WHEREAS, in honor of his service, Fred Lamarr Salyer was awarded the Medical
10 Corpsman Badge, the Purple Heart Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the
11 Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, and the Vietnamese Gallantry
12 Cross Unit Citation; and
13WHEREAS, the service, dedication, and sacrifice of Hospital Corpsman Fred
14 Lamarr Salyer is indeed worthy of public recognition, and Magoffin County has
15 requested the designation of a memorial highway in his honor;
16NOW, THEREFORE,
17 Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:
18Section 1. The Transportation Cabinet shall designate United States Route 460
19 in Magoffin County, from mile point 10.49 to mile point 10.836, as the "Hospital
20 Corpsman Fred Lamarr Salyer Memorial Highway" and shall, within 30 days of the
21 effective date of this Resolution, erect appropriate signs denoting this designation.
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