SPALDING TOWNSHIP, MI— A bill that would designate a stretch of US-41 in Menominee County as the Specialist David Anthony Wilkey Jr. Memorial Highway has passed the House.
The 22-year-old Wilkey was deployed in Iraq in 2007 when he was killed by an improvised explosive device in Baghdad. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
The legislation is sponsored by Representative Dave Prestin.
The section of highway Prestin is working to rename is just south of Powers in Spalding Township, where Wilkey grew up.
