ESCANABA — Several Upper Peninsula lawmakers are seeking to rename a stretch of U.S. 41 in Menominee County to honor a soldier killed in Iraq in 2007: Spc. David Anthony Wilkey Jr., who was raised in Wilson and still has family in the area.

Michigan House Bill No. 4351, introduced in April by state Rep. Dave Prestin with the support of Reps. Karl Bohnak and Greg Markkanen, would designate a span of roadway as “SPC David Anthony Wilkey Jr. Memorial Highway” — and is well on its way, with recent passage by the Michigan House. However, the bill must still go through the Michigan Senate.

Wilkey was born in Norway in 1984 and grew up in Wilson before moving to Elkhart, Ind. In December 2005, he married the former Melinda Clark, and in January 2006, he entered the U.S. Army. At Fort Riley, Kan

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