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Effort to rename Libby bridge after fallen soldier headed to Legislature

by SCOTT SHINDLEDECKER
The Western News | January 3, 2025 7:00 AM

When the state Legislature convenes its 69th session next Monday in Helena, Sen. Mike Cuffe will introduce a bill to have the Montana 37 bridge over the Kootenai River as it exits Libby named in memory of former resident Arthur J. Rambo.

Rambo, a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army, was killed in action at the age of 23 on Thanksgiving Day 1969 in the Vietnam War. Rambo was born Dec. 16, 1944, in Seattle. The family lived in Japan for about two years while his father served with the U.S. Army of Occupation. Rambo’s family moved to Libby in 1948. 

He graduated in the top 10 of his class from Libby High School in 1963. He then earned a degree in mathematics from Carroll College plus a chemical engineering degree from Notre Dame.

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