,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bedi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bf1     
#bjbc,mr4 ,fetterman 7for himself and   
,mr4 ,casey7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to name the               
community-based outpatient clinic of the
 ,department of ,veterans ,affairs in   
,monroeville1 ,pennsylvania1 as the     
,henry ,parham ,,va ,clinic4  #a4       
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,henry ,parham was born in        
,emporia1 ,virginia1 in ,november #aiba4
  7#b7 ,at age #ba1 ,henry ,parham was  
drafted into the ,army and shipped out  
to ,england in #aidc with the #cbjth    
,barrage ,balloon ,battalion in         
preparation for the ,d-,day invasions4  
7#c7 ,the #cbjth ,barrage ,balloon      
,battalion1 a segregated ,army unit1    
consisted of approximately #gjj         
,african-,american soldiers with the    
mission of hoisting barrage balloons    

designed to entangle incoming ,german   
planes and prevent them from conducting 
strafing runs on ground troops4  7#d7   
,on ,june #f1 #aidd1 ,private ,first    
,class ,henry ,parham and his section of
 the #cbjth ,barrage ,balloon ,battalion
 landed at ,omaha ,beach4 ,with the     
threat of enemy sniper and rifle fire   
ever present1 ,,pfc ,parham's unit      
performed their duties1 hoisting their  
barrage balloons #b1jjj feet into the   
air over the beachhead in ,normandy4    
7#e7 ,for two months1 ,private ,first   
,class ,henry ,parham and the #cbjth    
,barrage ,balloon ,battalion stood watch
 at ,omaha ,beach1 keeping the pipeline 
of incoming supplies and ,allied troops 
secure before returning to the ,united  
,states in ,september #aidd4  7#f7      
,after his service1 ,henry ,parham moved
 to ,wilkinsburg1 ,pennsylvania1 where  
he lived and worked as a heavy equipment
 operator until #aihf4 ,there1 he met   
and married his wife1 ,ethel ,parham1 to
 whom he was married for more than #de  

years4  7#g7 ,henry ,parham died on     
,july #d1 #bjba1 in ,pittsburgh1        
,pennsylvania1 at the age of #ii4 ,he   
was survived by his wife1 ,ethel1 both  
of whom served for decades as volunteers
 at the medical center of the           
,department of ,veterans ,affairs in    
,pittsburgh1 ,pennsylvania1 and local   
chapters of veterans service            
organizations4  7#h7 ,henry ,parham was 
the last surviving ,african-,american   
combat veteran who took part in the     
,d-,day landings on ,june #f1 #aidd4    
#b4 ,designation of ,henry ,parham      
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
,clinic  7a7 ,designation ,the          
community-based outpatient clinic of the
 ,department of ,veterans ,affairs in   
,monroeville1 ,pennsylvania1 shall after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act 
be known and designated as the ,henry   
,parham ,department of ,veterans        
,affairs ,clinic or the ,henry ,parham  
,,va ,clinic4  7b7 ,reference ,any      
reference in any law1 regulation1 map1  

document1 paper1 or other record of the 
,united ,states to the community-based  
outpatient clinic referred to in        
subsection 7a7 shall be considered to be
 a reference to the ,henry ,parham ,,va 
,clinic4