Effort begins to name NY post office after Marine

HORNELL, N.Y. (AP) — An effort is under way to have an upstate New York post office named after a 19-year-old Marine recently killed in action in Afghanistan.

Congressman Eric Massa of Corning is pushing for federal legislation to have the Hornell Post Office named after Cpl. Zachary Smith, who was killed by a roadside bomb last month.

Smith's funeral was held last week in his Steuben County hometown, located 70 miles south of Rochester.

The post office in Scio in neighboring Allegany County is named after Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham, who died in Iraq in 2004 when he used his helmet to shield squad members from a hand grenade.

The 22-year-old Dunham was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in January 2007.