House Bill No. 1217 honors SW Va. fallen heroes - Oct. 19, 2012

Virginia Senator Phillip Puckett, Delegate Will Morefield and members of the American Veterans Honor Guard Association unveil highway markers designating the Virginia Route 19 between Tazewell, Va. and Claypool Hill, Va. as the Sergeant Brandon Asbury Memorial Highway and Virginia Route 609 as the Sergeant David Lambert Memorial Highway during a ceremony in Cedar Bluff, Va. held Oct. 19, 2012. Lambert, a Cedar Bluff native, was killed by a roadside bomb while serving with the Virginia Guard’s West Point based 237th Engineer Company, 276th Engineer Battalion, 91st Troop Command in Iraq in 2007. Asbury, a Tazewell native, was killed by small-arms fire while serving with the Fort Hood based 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division in Iraq in 2006.