Military Memorial

A Memorial to those who served

To a crowd of more than 250 alumni, family and friends the Military Memorial on the campus of Gordon State College was dedicated Saturday, April 18, 2015.

The Memorial, which celebrates the heritage of the College and its graduates, is located where North Barracks once stood, between Lambdin Hall and Hightower Library. It is visible from College Drive.

The Memorial contains a Wall of Honor with the names of alumni and faculty who lost their lives in service to the United States. The cannons, which have been a part of the Gordon landscape for decades, flank the eastern entrance, and a model of the old Lambdin Hall portico serves as the site's western entrance. A flag, which will be continually illuminated, is at the center of the memorial.

Far into the future students, alumni and campus visitors will walk through the columned portico and read the names on the wall. They will know Gordon valued the sacrifice these students and faculty made. They will understand that Gordon's history as an honor Army ROTC school is part of the heritage and foundation of the institution.

If you would like to make a contribution to help with the maintenance of the Memorial, contact the Advancement office at 678-359-5739.

View the 2015 Dedication

*GORDON ALUMNI AND FACULTY GOLD STAR HEROES**
WORLD WAR I	WORLD WAR II
1LT Tom Reed Beasley 2LT Joseph Spurgeon Brewster 1LT William Burke Coleman SGT David Parker Hughes PFC Frank Morton Hunt 1LT Percival Connally Jones 2LT Lewis Martin Killian 1LT James Rountree Kingery 2LT Joe Glenn Maddox PVT Emmett Leon Martin SGT Paul Bryans Minter CPT James Stanley Moore, Jr. 1LT Charles Carter Riticor PVT John Bryan Ryals, Jr. 1LT Kimsey L. Stewart COL James Adrian Thomas, Jr. PVT Marion Footman Wilson SGT John Frederick Withoft	SGT Wilfred M. Berry, Jr. EM2 Thomas Hardeman Boggs PVT Olin E. Crawford, Jr. LTC John Dowdy 2LT Robert Guillebeau 1LT Ralph A. Hardee PFC Robert Murry Harrell 2LT John Richard Johnston T/SGT Orin D. Lashley CPL Marion Eugene Matthews 1LT Harold Gordon Moore 2LT Jack T. Moore 2LT Douglas L. Murdock CPT Saint E. Rickerson, Jr. PVT Louis E. Sykes, Jr. SSG Sam A. Smith 2LT William T. Summers, Jr. 1LT James Virgil Turner PVT George T. Welch 1LT William Dawson Williams, Jr. PVT Jesse Miller Wilson SGT Mell Witcher SGT Harold M. Wood PVT Charles Cocroft Woodall
KOREAN WAR	VIETNAM WAR
Cpl. James Edward McAbee 2nd Lt. Charles W. McAbee MSG Jonathan L. Miller 1LT Marvin Pierce Owen, Jr. PFC Richard Donald Piper *LTC George B. Robinson	CPT William Anderson Branch SGT Milton Jackson Bush MAJ Roy Ellsworth Congleton SPC Charles Michael Corry SGT Arthur Blake Crews WO Michael C. Dundas 1LT Donovan Lee Ewoldt Lt. Col Richard Morgan Griswold LC Carlton Harvey Hood CPT Lawrence Curtis Hughes CPT Fred Orr Jackson, Jr. SPC Thomas John Sammon, III SGT Thomas Richard Sieben 1LT Thomas Gary Sikes PFC James Drewery Tyus, Jr. *MAJ Gerard Michael Wynn
GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM
SSG Robert Lee Hollar, Jr. (Iraq)
The donors who helped make the Military Memorial a reality:
Kike Seda (A-1 Postage Meters) Gordon Military Survivors, Inc. Peter Banks LTC Joseph C. Boggs USA, Ret. Thornton Burns Rick Hahn Zack Hinton Charlie Christian Jimmy & Kathryn Butler Matthews Wayne Leverett Keith Abernathy Class of 1949 Rhonda Toon Don Neuner Tommy Torbert Manchester C. Paget Oliver G. Halle Mary Ann Congleton Lewis John D. Burnette Charles H. Van Rysselberge Goebel, Edmund and George Berry Clinton Dale Melton Margaret R. Melton James E. Ethridge, Sr. Jackie L. Daniel & Frances P. Daniel COL William Michael Alexander, USA Ret. Stonie B. Carter Dick Tieken Lewis Covin Betty Smith Crawford J. Henry Wisebram John & Elizabeth Kelly Angela & Alan Giles Warren R. O'Brien Bobby Lee Cook Peter Boltz James S.W. Harris Laura Harris Harrison James Philip Beamer, Jr. Richard Noxon Archie Ray Jim & Janet Graham Marcia Whittington Knight Jennie Woodlee Joe I. White, Jr. George C. Bugg John Boatwright LTC Arthur C. 'Skip' Williams, Jr., USA Ret. F. Porter Caughman, III Sue Conger Caughman Tony Watts Dr. Brenda Johnson David L. Black Bobby Wines Charles F. Covin Keith Predmore Robert P. Melvin Charles Henson McKee Nunnally Glen Mohler Daniel G. Henderson Monk Antonio Ellen Middlebrooks Granum John T. Middlebrooks, Jr. John T. "Sonny" Middlebrooks, III Randy & Lynn Wilson Danny Abbott High School Class of 1964 Robert Lovein Ray & Margie Brinkley William H. Mitchell III Richard J. Baker David N. Smith Ray Bone Howard Bush Bob White John & Maureen Webster William F. Sanders Gordon Mohler	J.C. & Bobbie Carol (Burousas) Waller Jimmie & Bobbie Louise (Dorsey) Burousas, Sr. Jonathan Hardwick Jacolyn Bush Perrone Neil & Jane Shelor Glenn & Wanda (Webster) Hewitt Capt. Daniel L. Rainey, USN Ret. Rafael & Carol H. Valdivieso Art Roberts Dr. Alva G. 'Skeet' Burris Ed & Karen Jacobs Jim Russell Art & Letetia (May) Mercier Skip Seda Floyd L.O. Davis, MD Michael R. Hanville Town of Aldora Bill & Martha McKoy Class of 1956 Gail Pennington Taylor Joan Webster Fordham Nancy Bush Shugart Dr. Richard W. Schmude, Jr. Nancy Jackson Thomas SGM & Mrs. Robert H. Steele Cyril Jean Liberty Frank & Donna Abbott Betty Gayle Lyles Wimpy John W. Wise The Peter Banks Family High School Class of 1963 Richard & Fran Boggs GSC Student Veterans Association Frank H. Bone David B. Haire, III Thomas C. Bolton Victoria Graves SGM Richard S. Davis Fredonia Congregational Methodist Church Joe & Pat Edwards Joseph P. "Joe" Bray The Family of John R. Cook James & Barbara Quick Alfred Mercer Bush, Jr. Clifford & Aline Alexander George Fleming Moore & Janice Ball Moore Ann Butler Harden & Jack C. Harden The Family of 1st Sgt. Jesse D. Woodward 1LT John C. Boesch LTC John C. Boesch, Jr. LTC George R. Boesch Jerry Beavers Judge Jim Bodiford Jan Greene Lora & Max Burns LTC John Watts Steve Van Ostran Mr. & Mrs. Victor Morse Graves George McMath Dan Andrews LTC Ret. Charles Olson Dee Bankston Kitchings D. Edgar & Elizabeth Bush Sellers Peyton H. Keaton, III Daniel B. Toon Courtney Toon McDaniel GSC Staff Council 2014 Alan Porter Giles Ira Bryan Giles, Jr Patrick J. & Viki Maddox Brennan High School Class of 1969 Charles C. Jensen David W. Hinely Russell B. Robertson Danks Seel LeGrand P. Hyde, III Doc Mohler Candice R. Babcock Bobby Connally Bush