Capt. James C. Gordon, USA, Ret.
Distinguished Military Student ROTC Wake Forest University
Distinguished Military Graduate 1959 2nd Lt Artillery
1 st Lt 1960 Medical Service Corp Active Reserve 1959-`1963 Ft. Lee, Ft Meade,
Capt Dental Corp 1963- 1965 Assigned to the 11 Air assault: attached to 18 Mash
Unit Ft Gordon
Gordon Hall of Honor
Our Proud Military Tradition Continues
Stephen T. Todd, USMC
Served from 2005- 2007
Highest Rank Achieved: Lance Corporal
Distinguished Honor Grad Aviation Machinist's Mate Sept. 9,
2005. Served as Aviation Mechanic at MCAS New River.
Commander Thompson, Robert S., USN, Ret.
ACTIVE DUTY: 1978 - 2002 (24 years)
INACTIVE SERVICE: 1975 - 1978
(drilling Naval Reservist - 4 years)
PERSONAL AWARDS:
Defense Meritorious Service Medal (DMSM) - two awards;
Meritorious Service Medal (MSM); Navy & Marine Corps
Commendation Medal; Navy Expeditionary Medal ; National
Defense Medal - two awards
OTHER AWARDS/RIBBONS AUTHORIZED:
Joint Meritorious Unit award; Meritorious Unit Commendation -
three awards; Navy "E" Ribbon; Sea Service Deployment award;
Pistol Sharpshooter ribbon
MISCELLANEOUS: Retired June 30, 2002 with the grade of
COMMANDER (O-5) in the MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS
specializing in Radiation Health & Safety. Retired with 24 years of
active duty and 4 years of Reserve time for a total of 28 years of
service.
Lieutnant Colonel Byron A. Adams, USAFR, Ret.
YEARS OF SERVICE: 1966-2002
Active Service: 4+ years; Active Reserve: 19 years; Inactive Reserve: 12 years
Total Service: 35 years, 9 Months, 14 days.
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Copeland, USAF, Ret.
23 years of service
The Hall & Wall of Honor is a fledgling project! We are including a Wall of
Honor at the Gordon Tent at each festival, as well the Hall of Honor on the
website. We encourage ALL House of Gordon, Virginia Members to send
us the following information for their family members who have served or
are currently serving in one of the Branches of the Armed Forces.
- Name
- Branch of Service (Regular or Reserve)
- Active Duty -- the beginning year of service
- Inactive -- the years of service
- Any other pertinent information you wish to provide, such as medals
earned etc.
- If your family member gave their life in service, please let us know
so that we can give them the appropriate honor.
- A picture if you have one.
You may send your information to us at this link, or inquire via this link for
a mailing address if you prefer to post your information.
James A. Gordon
Branch of Service - Regular Army
Active Duty -- 1964 & 65
Served in the PIO office with two fellow non-coms at Fort Jackson after basic at
Fort Gordon, of all places. I produced a unit mimeograph weeklyedition for the first
year and then became the Sports Editor of the post paper for the last year.
While in the Army, met wife Beth in Columbia and soon went to work on producing
three children over the next 6-8 years. Then became the sports editor of a small
paper in New Jersey before moving back to Virginia where we have enjoyed life
since 1966. Received many sports writing awards and enjoyed covering prep and
college sports.
Major Anne Farrer, USAF, Ret.
YEARS OF SERVICE:
August 1950- October 1970
Service included tours in Germany and Hawaii, with several trips to the Far
East and Vietnam and Thailand in 1969 and 1970.
Daniel R. Todd, USMC
Entered Service Sept. 12, 2005
Graduated DINFOS Basic Public Affairs Writing June 2, 2006.
Served as Combat Correspondent at MCB D. S. Butler in
Okinawa, Japan July 2006- July 2008. Served at MCRD Parris
Island 2008-2009. Highest rank acheived: Lance Corporal.
Richard Germiller, USN
Entered Service 2009
E-1 serving aboard the
USS Nassau LHA 4, Norfolk, VA
(pictured left)
AE-2 William Butler Huntley, USN
Entered Service September 2000
AE2 (AW/SW) Currently Deployed with VAW124 Bear
Aces out of Norfolk, VA
Lt. Randolph Todd, USAF
B-52 Pilot (pictured left below)
TSgt. Nicole Wray, USAF
TSgt. Richard M. Wray, USAF
Morris A. Gordon, CW4 (Ret.)
Enlisted 24 Jan 1966, US Army Reserves
Active Duty 14 Nov 1966- 5 Apr 1967, Returned to Active Reserve
Status 6 Apr 1967. Appointed Reserve Warrant Officer WO1 10 Apr
1976 -- Military Intelligence Analysis. Active Duty (AGR), 6 Jun 1981
- 5 Nov 1986 -- CW2 returned to Active Reserve Status 6 Nov 1986
Commissioned Warrant Officer CW3 IRR -- Fort Hood TX 3rd Corp
Military Intelligence Analysis -- Desert Storm/Desert Shield -- 12 Aug
1992 Promoted to Reserve Warrant Officer CW4 10 April 1992
Placed in "Retired status" 1994 Retired with 28 years service for
reserve retirement Retired with a total of 35 years service US Army
Warrant Office -- 22 Aug 2004-- reaching the rank of CW4 (Ret.)
During my career I took part in many classified Military Intelligence
operations. I trained in several "intelligence job" related
classifications and supervised a section of Interrogation personnel.
ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Charles Todd, USA, Ret.
Date entered service: June 1978
Retired June 2000,.22 Years of Service
Personal Awards: Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal
with 4 oak leaf clusters, Army Commendation Medal with oak
leaf cluster, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense
Service Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal with 1 Bronze
Service Star, Humanitarian Service Medal, Army Service
Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Senior Army Aviator Badge.
Other Awards/Ribbons Authorized
Anything else you may wish to share or think pertinent:
Graduate of the School of Advanced Military Studies. Qualified
as a pilot in the UH-1, AH-1, OH-58 and CH-47 helicopters.
Qualified as a Maintenance Test Pilot in the AH-1, OH-58 and
CH-47 helicopters. Did strategic and operational planning for
Europe while assigned to the Third Infantry Division. Planned
ground operation for the Middle East while assigned to 3rd US
Army, and planned for Military Support to Civil Authorities
during disasters and emergencies while assigned to U.S. Army
Forces Command. Deployed to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait as
deterrent to movements of Iraqi units towards Kuwait in 1994.
Provided humanitarian support during the Cuban Mariel boatlift
in 1980 and was the Joint Operation Officer for the Kosovo
refugees in 1999. Retired from active duty in 2000.
Regimental affiliation is the 5th Aviation Regiment.
We currently have five family members serving in the armed forces and
proudly honor them with our service flag!
INACTIVE DUTY/RETIRED SERVICE
Gerald E. Vandenberg, USN (former convener Virginia Division.)
Periods of service 1974 - 1984
Enlisted USN 1974-1979 Active Duty
Enlisted USNR 1979-1982 Individual Drilling Reserves
Supply Corp Officer 1982 - 1984 Active Duty
Highest enlisted grade held Hospitalman Two (HM2) (E-5)
Highest officer grade held Ensign (O1E)
Honorable Discharge - with medical severance
Duty Assignments:
Basic training and Hospital Corps School - Great Lakes, Il; - student
Naval Hospital Key West, FL: - Hospital staff in pediatrics ward, recovery room,
inhalation therapy technician
Okinawa Japan (TAD) for Operation Baby Lift - medical staff
Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, MD - Student, EEG Staff, instructor, senior
instructor, electrical cerebral silence technician
Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD (TAD) - special research study assistant
Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, MD - (Reserve) Neuroelectrical testing staff PO,
instructor, electrical cerebral silence technician
USS Enterprise - (Reserve) Medical staff
Navy Officer Candidate School, Newport RI - student
Naval Supply Corps School, Athens, GA -student, staff training support officer
Awards, decorations, commendations, citations
Navy Commendation Medal for meritorious service during Hurricane Eloise;
Navy Achievement Medal for creating and implementing the Tri-service Electro-
Neurological Training and Testing Programs;
Humanitarian Service Medal - Operation Baby Lift
USCG Bronze Life Saving Medal for saving the lives of two people in a civilian
boating accident
Navy Good Conduct Medal for not getting caught
National Defense Service Medal
Navy Reserve Sea Services Ribbon
6 Letters of Commendation and 12 Letters of Appreciation
Captain John Robert Wallace, USCG, Ret.
Retired October 1989 with 32 years of service
Nelson H. Wilson
Army, Spec 4, 8th Battalion 4th Artillery Vietnam 1967-1969
Charles W. Gardner, Jr., MD, USA
Graduate of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 1974, Served 10 years with the
Army Medical Corps.
Colonel David E. Gordon, USMC, Ret. (former convener for MD.)
Richard Gordon
USN Service E-5 with 10 years of service
Steven A. Smith
US Army, Sgt, 12 years, cold war veteran, Gulf War Veteran, Regional
Commander, Scottish-American Military Society
