https://vetaffairs.sd.gov/publicaffairs/News%20Bulletins/2021/August52021SDDVASDDMNewsUpdate.pdf

The South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs will be hosting two more State Bridge Dedication ceremonies to honor Army Combat Veterans Private Richard Bertram and PFC Robert Rand.

The Rand ceremony will be held Saturday, August 21, 2021, at 2:00 pm (CT) at the Parker (South Dakota) Community Building in Parker (299 N. Main Street).

The South Dakota HWY 42 Bridge north of Monroe over the East Fork of the Vermillion River will be dedicated to **PFC Rand. He was born near Monroe and was killed in action October 3, 1951 near Chorwon, Korea. Rand died from a direct mortar shell hit in one of the hardest fought battles of the Korean War while on duty in the region of Heartbreak Ridge. **

“Naming our South Dakota bridges in honor of our fallen will give us an opportunity of remembrance, reflection, and respect—for honoring the men and women who gave their lives in service to this nation. They cherished liberty and loved freedom enough to lay down their lives to preserve our way of life.” -- Greg Whitlock, secretary of the South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs.

Robert Calvin Rand