Section 1. Marine Lance Corporal Gary Lee Ream Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Gary Lee Ream was born July 25, 1945, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
(2) Lance Corporal Ream attended Carlisle Area High School and, after graduating, entered the United States Marine Corps in October 1964, where he served two years.
(3) Lance Corporal Ream was stationed in the Quang Nam Province in the Republic of Vietnam as part of the 1st Platoon, C Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.
(4) Lance Corporal Ream died November 3, 1966, at 20 years of age while serving as point man of a combat patrol near Hoi An, Republic of Vietnam, where he and his squad were caught in an enemy ambush in which he was hit by enemy rifle and machine gun fire.
(5) Lance Corporal Ream was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Navy Presidential Unit Citation ribbon with one bronze star, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal with one bronze star, the Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation with Gallantry Cross, the Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation Civil Action Ribbon with Palm and the Vietnam Campaign Medal with 1960 device awarded to family, not to soldier, in honor of his service to his country.
(6) Lance Corporal Ream, son of Wallace R. Ream, Sr., and Lois C. Ream, as well as brother to five siblings, was selflessly serving our country at the time of his death. His actions exemplified the honor, courage and duty to country associated with a member of the United States Marine Corps.
(b) Designation.--The section of State Route 74 in Cumberland County from the eastern corporate limits of Carlisle Borough to the intersection of State Route 74 with Ashland Avenue is hereby designated the Marine Lance Corporal Gary Lee Ream Memorial 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.