WV HCR13

Names Bridge Number 26-023/00-007.19 (Cameron Ridge Bridge) carrying CR 023 over Grave Creek in Marshall County as the "U.S. Army Corporal James E. Jackley Memorial Bridge"

Honors James E. Jackley (1925-1995), a Cameron, WV native who enlisted in the Army at age 18 in 1943 and served as a truck and tank driver in the Panama Canal, Africa, and European Theatre during World War II

Corporal Jackley sustained significant combat injuries including a gunshot wound to the ankle, broken back, and fractured skull when his supply truck was blown up, requiring a metal plate in his head and at least 13 surgeries

Received multiple Purple Hearts, Good Conduct Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal before his discharge on May 10, 1947

After military service, Jackley worked 30 years at Wheeling Machine Products, served as a charter member of Cameron Volunteer Fire Department, and served 25 years on Cameron City Council