Route 35 to be named for PFC Justin Dreese

Published: March 17, 2010

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HARRISBURG -- The memory and sacrifice of Private First Class Justin W. Dreese will live on as legislation has been signed into law, which names State Route 35 from Selinsgrove to the Snyder County line near Richfield in his honor, said Rep. Russ Fairchild (R-Snyder/Union), author of the law.

"Private Dreese gave his life so that democracy could flourish throughout the world," said Fairchild. "Naming Route 35 in Dreese's memory is one way that we can show our appreciation for his sacrifice and to demonstrate to his family that their son will never be far from our hearts and minds. His parents, Wesley Dreese and Kathryn Shaffer, raised a remarkable son, and we as a nation and a community share their loss."

House Bill 1783 officially designates this section of roadway as the Justin W. Dreese Memorial Highway.

Dreese, who completed tours of duty in Afghanistan and El Salvador prior to his service in Iraq, died as a result of injuries suffered during a mortar attack in Iraq. An accomplished paratrooper from Freeburg and a 2004 graduate of Selinsgrove Area High School, Dreese arrived in Iraq just three weeks before the attack on Sept. 2, 2006. He was 21. "We at the VFW are pleased that Representative Fairchild had this done at our request, and we feel it is a great honor to have the highway named for Private First Class Justin Dreese," said Harold W. Aucker, quartermaster for the Selinsgrove Post No. 6631 of the VFW. "We would also like to thank Representative Fairchild for getting this bill through."

Now that House Bill 1783 has been signed into law, PennDOT will place signs displaying the designation of this section of highway as the Justin W. Dreese Memorial Highway.

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1 posted comments

I am a veteran of the US Navy and I would like to use the naming of PFC Dreese as an example to try to compel other communities across the country to do the same honor for local fallen veterans in their communities in order to pay respect to, and as a reminder for other communities of the priceless sacrifice of local military volunteers to keep America free and defend our country's honor.
I would like to pursue this effort personally to try and compell other communities, country wide,to follow your community's example.
I would be honored to try to spearhead an effort to make this an easy to impliment procedure for other communities to do by following your communities example.
This would involve collecting information such as legal procedures and costs that were involved with your community to be able to fullfill this heroic and respectful honor for other communities to model towards naming local highways in honor of local fallen military heroes.
Anyone that could help me to gather the needed information, please feel free to contact me at my Email address and I would like to spearhead this effort to make it as easy and painless as possible for other communities to follow your community's example and pay respect to local heroes across the USA.
Please feel free to contact me at jamlaser@hotmail.com
Thank You,
John A. Millington
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John A. Millington,  03/17/10 11:46