Section 4. Specialist Zachary R. Clouser Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--
(1) Specialist Zachary Ryan Clouser, age 19, was killed in action on July 18, 2007, in Iraq while serving with the United States Army in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
(2) Specialist Clouser graduated from Dover Area High School in 2005 and enlisted in the United States Army on September 27, 2005.
(3) After completing training in Fort Benning, Georgia, Specialist Clouser was assigned in February 2006 to 1st Platoon, "Apache" Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry "Blue Spaders" in Schweinfurt, Germany, as an M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle Driver.
(4) Specialist Clouser deployed to Iraq on August 6, 2006, and participated in numerous combat patrols in northeast Baghdad and Adhamiyah, Iraq. He served as both his platoon sergeant's M1151 Up-Armor HMMWV Machine Gunner and M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle Gunner.
(5) Specialist Clouser was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart and the Combat Infantryman Badge. His other decorations include the Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon and Overseas Service Ribbon with Numeral 2.
(6) Born August 6, 1987, in York, Specialist Clouser was the son of Kevin Clouser and stepmother Ginger Asper Clouser of West York, and Debra Etheridge and stepfather Ronald Etheridge of Dover.
(b) Designation.--The bridge located on State Route 4002 between Intermediate Avenue and Municipal Drive in Dover Borough, York County, is hereby designated the Specialist Zachary R. Clouser Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to traffic in both directions on the bridge.