Section 2. Private First Class Edward Ritsick Memorial Bridge.
(a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Private First Class Edward Ritsick graduated from Austin High School and was an avid hunter and sportsman.
(2) Six months after graduating from high school, Private First Class Ritsick joined the United States Army where he was assigned to the 65th Engineer Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, and served as a light vehicle driver.
(3) Shortly after arriving in Vietnam, Private First Class Ritsick was killed in action on March 11, 1968, in Hau Nghia Province, South Vietnam.
(4) Private First Class Ritsick is honored on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Panel 44E, Line 20.
(5) Private First Class Ritsick is buried at St. Augustine Cemetery in Austin.
(b) Designation.--The bridge carrying State Route 872 at Section 110 Offset 0960 over the East Fork of Sinnemahoning Creek in Wharton Township, Potter County, is designated as the Private First Class Edward Ritsick Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under subsection (b).