The County of Bucks dedicated County-owned Bridge #226 in memory of LCpl. Victor Monroe DeWalt, an Upper Bucks Marine killed by friendly fire during the Vietnam War.

LCpl. Victor Monroe DeWalt was part of a patrol on Nov. 6, 1970, in Vietnam’s Quang Nam Province that was mistaken by another patrol group for enemy activity. The latter patrol ordered an artillery strike on DeWalt’s group’s position.

The bridge named for DeWalt crosses Cooks Creek along Stouts Valley Road in Durham Township. It is the twelfth County-owned bridge since 2022 to be named for a local soldier lost in the Vietnam War.