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Committee approves renaming Jennings County bridge for Lance Cpl. Jackie Koenig Jr.
Summary
The committee voted 9-0 to approve House Concurrent Resolution 7 to rename the bridge over the Vernon Fork in Jennings County for Lance Corporal Jackie Koenig Jr., a Marine who died in a helicopter accident in Okinawa in 2017.
Representative Zimmerman introduced House Concurrent Resolution 7, which asks the committee to rename the bridge over the Vernon Fork in Jennings County in honor of Lance Corporal Jackie Koenig Jr., who grew up in Jennings County and was killed in a helicopter accident while deployed in Okinawa on April 9, 2017.
Zimmerman said Koenig crossed the bridge regularly as part of cross-country and track practice and that the site held personal meaning. The sponsor noted that the proposed renaming would allow the community to remember Koenig’s service. No members of the public were recorded as opposing the resolution.
After a motion, the committee recorded a roll call and approved HCR 7 by a 9-0 vote. The transcript records no amendments and does not provide an implementation schedule or signage cost; the resolution directs the appropriate transportation authorities to rename the specified bridge.
