U.S. House Passes Bill To Rename Marietta Post Office for Hero Marine

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House has passed a bill to rename a Marietta post office in honor of a Marine who was killed in the 2015 Chattanooga, TN, terrorist attack.

On Tuesday, the U.S. House passed Rep. Tom Price's (GA-06) bill, H.R. 5612, to designate the facility at 2886 Sandy Plains Road as the "Marine Lance Corporal Squire 'Skip' Wells Post Office Building.”

The Senate still has to pass the legislation.

“Skip Wells was a proud Marine and a true hero," said Price. "He made the ultimate sacrifice and selflessly gave his life to protect his fellow service members and to protect our nation. There is nothing we could do that would be too much to honor this young hero’s memory.”

A native of Marietta, Wells attended Sprayberry High School, where he graduated in 2012. After graduation, he studied history at Georgia Southern University before enlisting in the Marine Corps in 2014.

On July 16, 2015, Wells, 21, was one of five service members murdered in a terrorist attack at the Naval Reserve Center in Chattanooga. He was completing training at the Naval Reserve Center in Chattanooga when a gunman opened fire on the compound. Wells was last seen running to warn colleagues in the motor pool of the attack. The Navy posthumously honored Wells as a Purple Heart recipient.

Image: U.S. Rep. Tom Price