ALBANY - Legislation to designate portions of State Route 120 in Westchester County after two service members who were killed while fighting overseas was signed Tuesday by Governor Andrew Cuomo.

“When our young servicemen and women make the supreme sacrifice on behalf of our nation, their actions should be remembered and honored forever,” Assemblyman Robert J. Castelli (R, C – Goldens Bridge) said. “While nothing can replace this terrible loss, it is a small tribute but fitting tribute on behalf of a grateful community, and state, to permanently honor them in this way. I thank the Governor for his timely recognition of the sacrifice of these fine young servicemen, on the eve of our nation’s birthday.”

The legislation designates a portion of Route 120 in Harrison as the Specialist Anthony N. Kalladeen Memorial Highway and designates the Route 120 Bridge which crosses the Saw Mill River Parkway in the Town of New Castle as the Staff Sergeant Kyu Hyuk Chay Memorial Bridge.

“As New Yorkers come together to celebrates our country’s birthday, we must pause to honor the countless American heroes who paid the ultimate sacrifice so we could live free today,” Governor Cuomo said. “Both Specialist Kalladeen and Staff Sergeant Chay will have the lasting memorials they deserve in Westchester County with this renamed highway and bridge. I thank the bill sponsors for their efforts to pay tribute to the sacrifice these courageous men made for the people of our state and nation.”

Specialist Anthony N. Kalladeen was from the Hamlet of Purchase in the Town of Harrison. On August 8, 2005, while deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom assigned to the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, 256th Brigade Combat Team, New York Army National Guard, he was killed when his vehicle was ambushed. He was 26 and on his second tour.

Army Staff Sergeant Kyu Hyuk Chay was a linguist assigned to United States Special Forces Command. Born in South Korea, he grew up in Westchester after his family immigrated to the United States, and opened a popular local business near the train station in the Hamlet of Chappaqua.   Chay was three credits shy of graduating with a law degree from Brooklyn Law School before he was killed in Afghanistan in 2006. The new Route 120 Bridge in Chappaqua overlooks his family business, as well as the war memorial at the Chappaqua Train station, where there is a plaque dedicated in Staff Sergeant Chay’s honor.