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KY HJR101
Joint Resolution
Status
3/4/2026
Primary Sponsor
Patrick Flannery
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AI Summary
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Designates the bridge on Kentucky Route 9 in Carter County at mile point 11.01 (Bridge Number 022B00149N) as the "S/SGT David W. Harris Memorial Bridge"
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Honors Staff Sergeant David W. Harris, born November 26, 1918, in Carter County, who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II as a flight engineer/top turret gunner on a B-17 bomber
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S/SGT Harris was killed on February 22, 1944, when his bomber collided mid-air with another B-17 over England while forming up for a mission to bomb Aschersleben, Germany
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Harris received the Air Medal, Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal, and American Campaign Medal; he is interred at Cambridge American Cemetery in England
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Requires the Transportation Cabinet to erect appropriate signage within 30 days of the resolution's effective date
Legislative Description
A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the S/SGT David W. Harris Memorial Bridge in Carter County.
Memorials
Last Action
to Transportation (H)
3/10/2026