The department shall designate and mark the route of STH 11, commencing at the western border of the village of Orfordville and proceeding easterly to the eastern border of the village of Footville, as the “Corporal Benjamin H. Neal Memorial Highway” in recognition of the sacrifice of Corporal Benjamin H. Neal, a proud member of the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army, who, on April 25, 2012, died from injuries caused by an improvised explosive device during Operation Enduring Freedom in Zharay, Kandahar Province in Afghanistan.