Section 4. Special Warfare Operator Chief (SEAL) Lance M. Vaccaro Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Special Warfare Operator Chief (SEAL) Lance M. Vaccaro was born in Reading in 1972 and was raised and lived in Alsace Township from 1973 until 1987, attending the Oley Valley School District public schools.
(2) Special Warfare Operator Chief Lance M. Vaccaro graduated from Oley Valley High School in 1990 and, after studying briefly at Kutztown University, enlisted in the United States Navy in 1991.
(3) After serving aboard the U.S.S. George Washington and U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, Special Warfare Operator Chief Lance M. Vaccaro became a member of the United States Navy's elite SEALs in 1997 and subsequently was deployed on overseas missions in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq.
(4) Special Warfare Operator Chief Lance M. Vaccaro died during a training mission in the United States in 2008.
(5) Special Warfare Operator Chief Lance M. Vaccaro's awards include the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, four Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, two Combat Action Ribbons, Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commendation, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Kosovo Campaign Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal and Armed Forces Service Medal.
(6) Special Warfare Operator Chief Lance M. Vaccaro is survived by his parents, Joseph and Christine L. Vaccaro.
(b) Designation.--The section of Pennsylvania Route 12 in Alsace Township, Berks County, is hereby designated the Special Warfare Operator Chief (SEAL) Lance M. Vaccaro Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to traffic in both directions on the highway.