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Sponsor Statement for HB 374
Naming Douthit Veterans' Memorial Bridge

An Act authorizing the Department of Community and Economic Development to issue permits to certain agencies to purchase, possess, and use certain drugs for euthanizing domestic animals.

There has been a request to name the bridge that crosses the Kenai River at mile 80 of the Sterling highway (currently the Kenai River Bridge) to the David Douthit Veterans' memorial bridge.

David Douthit was the only Alaskan killed during the Persian Gulf War. He was a Staff Sergeant serving in the U.S. Army. He was a Calvary Scout serving on a gunner tank. David was killed in action February 27, 1991. He is survived by his wife Jesse and a daughter, Rebecca, along with his parents, Nita and Harvey Douthit all residing in Soldotna.

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