South Carolina General Assembly
125th Session, 2023-2024

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H. 4905

STATUS INFORMATION

Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Rep. Gilliam
Document Path: LC-0488CM-GT24.docx

Introduced in the House on January 23, 2024
Introduced in the Senate on March 7, 2024
Currently residing in the House

Summary: PFC Frank Leroy Barbee Memorial Bridge

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date Body Action Description with journal page number
1/23/2024 House Introduced (House Journal-page 8)
1/23/2024 House Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions (House Journal-page 8)
3/5/2024 House Committee report: Favorable Invitations and Memorial Resolutions (House Journal-page 7)
3/6/2024 House Adopted, sent to Senate (House Journal-page 70)
3/7/2024 Senate Introduced (Senate Journal-page 4)
3/7/2024 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation (Senate Journal-page 4)
5/7/2024 Senate Recalled from Committee on Transportation (Senate Journal-page 6)
5/8/2024 Senate Adopted, returned to House with concurrence (Senate Journal-page 166)
7/8/2024 Scrivener's error corrected
7/8/2024 Scrivener's error corrected

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

01/23/2024
03/05/2024
05/07/2024
07/08/2024
07/08/2024-A



Recalled

May 07, 2024

H. 4905

Introduced by Rep. Gilliam

S. Printed 05/07/24--S.   [SEC 7/8/2024 4:49 PM]

Read the first time March 07, 2024

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A concurrent RESOLUTION

to request the department of transportation name the bridge located at the intersection of south carolina highway 9 and south carolina highway 49 in union county "PFC frank leroy barbeE bridge" and erect appropriate signs or markers at this location containing these words.

Whereas, born January 25, 1946, in Saluda, N.C., Private First Class Frank Leroy Barbee was a son of Mary Azalee Gibson Ashe and the late Loomis Franklin Barbee, a World War II veteran. At an early age the family moved to Lockhart, South Carolina, where he graduated from Lockhart High School and attended Bullock Creek Presbyterian Church in Sharon; and

Whereas, according to his mother, he was a nice boy who loved baseball and never gave her any trouble. He was working with a local contractor when he was drafted into the Marines in November 1965; and

Whereas, he was home on a thirty-day furlough before being sent to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California. He was there for a few days before going to Vietnam; and

Whereas, Barbee had scarcely been battle-tested before leaving for overseas duty on July 9, 1966. He loved being a marine and was serving as a rifleman in Company C Battalion Landing Team 1/26. Just thirteen days into his assignment he died from gunshot wounds received in combat during Operation Deckhouse III. He'd been scheduled to depart from South Vietnam for the Philippines the next day; and

Whereas, PFC Barbee was buried in the cemetery at Bullock Creek Presbyterian. On August 30, 1966, Barbee and another Marine killed in Operation Deckhouse III were commemorated in a service aboard the USS Iwo Jima. He also is honored on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and the South Carolina State Vietnam War Memorial in Columbia; and

Whereas, it is only fitting and proper that this son of the Palmetto State, who paid the ultimate sacrifice in defense of his country, be honored with a landmark in Union County by having a bridge named in his memory. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, request the Department of Transportation name the bridge located at the intersection of South Carolina Highway 9 and South Carolina Highway 49 in Union County "PFC Frank Leroy Barbee Memorial Bridge" and erect appropriate signs or markers at this location containing these words.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Department of Transportation.

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