A rural West Virginia bridge has been named in honor of a U.S. Army paratrooper who was killed in the Philippines during World War II. A Preston County span known locally as the Albright Bridge was named the US Army TSGT Harold William Schmidle Memorial Bridge on WBOY-TV reported. Schmidle served 37 months in the Pacific theater during World War II and was killed in the Battle of Banzai Point on Corregidor Island in February 1945. He posthumously received a Silver Star medal.