Section 2. Jarett M. Yoder Highway.
(a) Findings.--
(1) Jarett M. Yoder was born in Reading on November 10, 1986. He was a 2005 graduate of Oley Valley High School, where he was an accomplished athlete in multiple sports. Upon graduating, he enlisted in the Pennsylvania National Guard and was deployed to the Republic of Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2008 as a member of C Company, 1-111th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade. After his return in 2012, Jarett realized his lifelong dream by earning his wings at Army aviation school.
(2) Chief Warrant Officer 2 Yoder was killed on April 9, 2013, in Nangarhar province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, when the AH-64 Apache helicopter he copiloted crashed from an undetermined cause during an aerial reconnaissance while he was deployed with Bravo Company, 1-104th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, Pennsylvania Army National Guard as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
(3) Chief Warrant Officer 2 Yoder was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal and NATO Medal for his service in Afghanistan. In addition, he was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, Combat Action Badge, the
Afghanistan Campaign Medal with one bronze star and the Iraq Campaign Medal with one bronze star.
(4) Chief Warrant Officer 2 Yoder, the husband of Heather L. Garay-Yoder, whom he married shortly before his deployment to Afghanistan, and the son of Diane C. and Gary L. Yoder, demonstrated his courageous commitment to family and country at the time of his death.
(b) Designation.--The section of Pennsylvania Route 662 in Ruscombmanor Township, Berks County, between the township border with the Borough of Fleetwood and the township border with Oley Township is hereby designated the Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jarett M. Yoder 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.