Medal of Honor - University of Arkansas - Fayetteville AR
N 36° 04.080 W 094° 10.260
15S E 394548 N 3992125
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Waymark Code: WMV861
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 03/12/2017
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Five alumni of the University of Arkansas
have been awarded the Congressional Medal
of Honor, the nation's highest distinction
for supreme gallantry in military action.
World War II: Lt. Maurice Britt '41, U.S.
Army, Italy, Nov. 10, 1943; Lt.(jg) Nathan
Gordon '39 (former 10-term Lt. Governor of
Arkansas), U.S. Navy, Vitu Island in the
Bismarck Sea, Feb. 15, 1944; Lt. Edgar Lloyd
'43, U.S. Army, France, Sept. 14, 1944, later
killed in action in France; 1st Lt. Seymour
Terry '41 (posthumously), U.S. Army,
Okinawa, killed in action May 11, 1945.
Korean War: 1st Lt. James L. Stone '47,
Sokkoyne, Korea, Nov. 21-22, 1951.
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