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IN SCR0028
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
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Urges the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the bridge at State Road 28 (Walnut Avenue) in Frankfort as the "Staff Sergeant Jamie Jarboe Memorial Bridge"
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Staff Sergeant Jamie Jarboe died March 21, 2012, at age 27, from wounds suffered on April 10, 2011, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, when enemy forces attacked his unit with small-arms fire
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Jarboe was a 2003 Frankfort High School graduate who joined the Indiana National Guard in 2005 and served with the 4th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Infantry Division
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His injuries from being shot in the neck left him a quadriplegic, requiring more than 100 surgeries in the 12 months before his death
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Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit copies of the resolution to Jarboe's family and the Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Transportation
Legislative Description
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the bridge at State Road 28 (Walnut Avenue) in Frankfort the "Staff Sergeant Jamie Jarboe Memorial Bridge".
Last Action
Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation
2/27/2020