War Memorial Court: The names on the Pylons
The Pylons above War Memorial Chapel hold a special place in Hokie hearts.
They are etched with the names of every 17³Ô¹ÏÍø student and graduate who died defending our nation’s freedom, beginning with those lost during World War I. At the War Memorial’s center, the cenotaph displays the names of 17³Ô¹ÏÍø’s seven Medal of Honor recipients.
Each name is added with a special Pylon Dedication Ceremony conducted by the . During the ceremony, the corps' regiment forms up on Drillfield Drive and on Alumni Mall, facing the War Memorial. The Gregory Guard, the corps' precision rifle drill team, performs a rifle salute, firing three volleys. The Color Guard presents the colors, the Highty-Tighties play, and a bugler performs "Echo Taps."
The Pylons evoke 17³Ô¹ÏÍø’s core values. They are , from left to right, .
The following is the list of names etched on the Pylons:Â
Name | Class | Pylon |
Abernethy Jr., J.H. | 1935 | Honor |
Aigner, N.L. | 1939 | Honor |
Albright, J.M. | 1942 | Honor |
Alphin, M.H. | 1943 | Honor |
Anderson, D. | 1945 | Honor |
Anderson, H.C. | 1942 | Honor |
Armstrong, M.J. | 1941 | Honor |
Ayers Jr., E.P. | 1941 | Honor |
Bailey, W.W. | 1935 | Honor |
Baker, M.H. | 1938 | Honor |
Balsley, W.J. | 1938 | Honor |
Banta, J.H. | 1938 | Honor |
Barger, H.T. | 1916 | Brotherhood |
Barnes Jr., S.F. | 1939 | Honor |
Barnes, W.E. | 1944 | Honor |
Barns, W.T. | 1941 | Honor |
Basham, M.L. | 1943 | Honor |
Beamer, C.M. | 1938 | Honor |
Beaumont, C.S. | 1968 | Honor |
Becker, W. | 1946 | Honor |
Belknap, E.A. | 1944 | Honor |
Bell, O.L. | 1945 | Honor |
Bent Jr., P.C. | 1946 | Honor |
Berkeley, J.C. | 1912 | Brotherhood |
Besley, C.E. | 1940 | Honor |
Bevan, R.C. | 1934 | Honor |
Blackmon, A.C. | 1944 | Honor |
Blair Sr., C.E. | 1949 | Honor |
Bodine, A.N. | 1935 | Honor |
Bontecou, P. | 1942 | Honor |
Boxley, J.W. | 1932 | Honor |
Boyd, J.G. | 1941 | Honor |
Bradley, F.L. | 1941 | Honor |
Brantley, T.N. | 2001 | Ut Prosim |
Brauer, S.C. | 1944 | Honor |
Breedon Jr., A.P. | 1943 | Honor |
Brinkley, W.R. | 1941 | Honor |
Brooks Jr., V.A. | 1942 | Honor |
Brooks, F.O. | 1951 | Brotherhood |
Brown Jr., A.G. | 1947 | Honor |
Brown Jr., G.E. | 1952 | Brotherhood |
Brown, C.R. | 1940 | Honor |
Brown, R.C. | 1943 | Brotherhood |
Brown, W.P. | 1950 | Brotherhood |
Buckles, R.L | 1964 | Honor |
Burd, D.G. | 1967 | Honor |
Burr, C.G. | 1935 | Honor |
Butler, R.L. | 1915 | Brotherhood |
Bywaters, W.B. | 1933 | Honor |
Callahan, K.S. | 1943 | Honor |
Cameron, A.B. | 1939 | Honor |
Campbell, A.M. | 1943 | Honor |
Carlier, J.R. | 1944 | Honor |
Carlson, A.V. | 1921 | Brotherhood |
Carter, E.C. | 1946 | Honor |
Carter, H.M. | 1939 | Honor |
Chapman Jr., C.H. | 1940 | Honor |
Chapman Jr., H.P. | 1940 | Honor |
Charles, R.G. | 1939 | Honor |
Chiswell, T.H. | 1943 | Leadership |
Clark, C.R. | 1944 | Leadership |
Clary Jr., W.R. | 1946 | Leadership |
Clemmer, J.F. | 1920 | Brotherhood |
Clowers, J.G. | 2003 | Ut Prosim |
Cobb, P.F. | 1966 | Honor |
Cobbs, J.L. | 1953 | Brotherhood |
Cochran, A.T. | 1945 | Brotherhood |
Cohen, B. | 1936 | Leadership |
Colvin, R.W. | 1942 | Leadership |
Cone, R.M. | 1928 | Leadership |
Conley, R.H. | 1946 | Leadership |
Connell, J.A. | 1966 | Honor |
Conner, H.W. | 1939 | Leadership |
Conner, J.B. | 1922 | Brotherhood |
Conradi, A.M. | 1939 | Leadership |
Covey, D.G. | 1946 | Leadership |
Covington, W.R. | 1946 | Leadership |
Cox, J.A. | 1938 | Leadership |
Cox, R.A. | 1943 | Leadership |
Crabtree, R.A. | 1956 | Honor |
Crawford, J.G. | 1928 | Leadership |
Creekmur, T.C. | 1945 | Leadership |
Crow Jr., R.J.H. | 1939 | Leadership |
Cubberly, G.E. | 1932 | Leadership |
Cudlipp, J.M. | 1912 | Brotherhood |
Darden, A.S. | 1922 | Brotherhood |
Davis Jr., B.F. | 1938 | Leadership |
Davis, S.L. | 1945 | Leadership |
Davis, W.B. | 1938 | Leadership |
Davis, W.C. | 1944 | Leadership |
Day, C.C. | 1941 | Leadership |
Dean, W.L | 1944 | Leadership |
Deitrick Jr., V.S. | 1933 | Brotherhood |
Delp, C.D. | 1941 | Leadership |
Deming, T.R. | 1941 | Leadership |
DeModena, R. | 1946 | Leadership |
Derflinger, J.R. | 1940 | Leadership |
DeWitt, J.T. | 1939 | Leadership |
Diggs, D.W. | 1944 | Leadership |
Dillon, J.J. | 1945 | Leadership |
Dinsmore, R.S. | 1945 | Leadership |
Dodson Jr., N.O. | 1941 | Leadership |
Dollins, R.W. | 1939 | Leadership |
Doss Jr., L.J. | 1970 | Honor |
Dotson, B.F. | 1944 | Leadership |
Dotson, R.S. | 1944 | Leadership |
Downey, W.B. | 1941 | Leadership |
Downing, J.H. | 1939 | Leadership |
Drinkard, D.L. | 1951 | Brotherhood |
Drinkard, P.B. | 1933 | Leadership |
Duncan, G.A. | 1928 | Leadership |
Duncan, P.H. | 1931 | Leadership |
Dunham, B.J. | 1970 | Honor |
Dunkelberger Jr., T.W. | 1943 | Leadership |
East, H.B. | 1958 | Honor |
Echols, E.W. | 1922 | Brotherhood |
Eckhart, Z.R. | 2007 | Ut Prosim |
Edmunds, R.C. | 1964 | Honor |
Edney, L.N. | 1964 | Honor |
Edwards, C.W. | 1941 | Leadership |
Einstein, H.B. | 1927 | Leadership |
Emory, C.R. | 1965 | Honor |
Etheridge, W.E. | 1941 | Leadership |
Evans Jr., J.R. | 1939 | Leadership |
Fairbairn, S.H. | 1943 | Leadership |
Faris, J.R. | 1932 | Sacrifice |
Farrier Jr., K.H. | 1946 | Brotherhood |
Farrow, N.H. | 1944 | Sacrifice |
Fazel Jr., C.S. | 1943 | Sacrifice |
Femoyer, R.E. | 1944 | Sacrifice |
Fish, S.W. | 1945 | Sacrifice |
Fitzgerald, W.F. | 1943 | Sacrifice |
Fletcher, C.W. | 1951 | Brotherhood |
France, J.W. | 1915 | Brotherhood |
Frankfort, W.E. | 1944 | Sacrifice |
Fry, A.D. | 1944 | Sacrifice |
Gates Jr., L.A. | 1946 | Sacrifice |
Gatling Jr., L.T. | 1936 | Sacrifice |
George Jr., P.E. | 1946 | Sacrifice |
Gibson Jr., J.N. | 1938 | Sacrifice |
Giddings, A.H. | 1966 | Honor |
Glover Jr., J.A. | 1945 | Sacrifice |
Gordon Jr., J.S. | 1940 | Sacrifice |
Gouldin, R.A. | 1933 | Sacrifice |
Gray III, D.T. | 1965 | Honor |
Green, J.D. | 1934 | Sacrifice |
Gregory, J.A. | 1947 | Sacrifice |
Greig, T. | 1936 | Sacrifice |
Grettum, R.B. | 1939 | Sacrifice |
Grinnan, D.T. | 1938 | Sacrifice |
Grubb, H.E. | 1939 | Sacrifice |
Hall Jr., E.G. | 1942 | Sacrifice |
Hall, G.B. | 1938 | Sacrifice |
Hamilton, W.I.K. | 1962 | Honor |
Hammond Jr., L. | 1940 | Sacrifice |
Hanmer, R.A. | 1942 | Sacrifice |
Harley, G.W. | 1944 | Sacrifice |
Harley, L.D. | 1961 | Honor |
Harman Jr., W.D. | 1943 | Sacrifice |
Harp Jr., C.N. | 1944 | Sacrifice |
Harris Jr., J.J | 1944 | Sacrifice |
Harris, C.R. | 1942 | Sacrifice |
Harris, G.B. | 1943 | Sacrifice |
Hartman, A.L. | 1936 | Sacrifice |
Harverty Jr., P.H. | 1943 | Sacrifice |
Harvey, A.R. | 1915 | Brotherhood |
Haskett Jr., W.T. | 1942 | Brotherhood |
Haskett, J.W. | 1936 | Sacrifice |
Hatcher, H.F. | 1946 | Sacrifice |
Hawkins Jr., L.R. | 1945 | Brotherhood |
Hawkins, W.E. | 1971 | Honor |
Hawks Jr., B.B. | 1941 | Service |
Hayley, C. | 1944 | Sacrifice |
Hearn, M. | 1940 | Sacrifice |
Hearst Jr., E.H. | 1946 | Sacrifice |
Henkel, E.D. | 1938 | Sacrifice |
Henley, R.R. | 1943 | Sacrifice |
Herman, R. | 1966 | Honor |
Hickman, N.A. | 1918 | Brotherhood |
Higgins, W.A. | 1945 | Brotherhood |
Hill, J.E. | 1968 | Honor |
Hill, W.E. | 1946 | Sacrifice |
Hite, E.G. | 1933 | Brotherhood |
Hodges III, T.A. | 1938 | Sacrifice |
Holcomb, J.R. | 1945 | Sacrifice |
Holland, L.G.S. | 1944 | Sacrifice |
Hoover, F.F. | 1946 | Service |
Hornett, M.A. | 1946 | Service |
Howard, J.L. | 1945 | Service |
Howell, T.H. | 1943 | Service |
Hukill, M.E. | 1981 | Ut Prosim |
Hummel, R.B. | 1937 | Service |
Hunter Jr., R. | 1946 | Service |
Hurst, N.R. | 1952 | Honor |
Hutcheson, R.P. | 1944 | Service |
Hutchison Jr., E.B. | 1942 | Service |
Ingles, J.T. | 1944 | Service |
Irby, F.M. | 1941 | Service |
Irving, E.J. | 1940 | Service |
Jackson, P.A. | 1941 | Service |
Jagiello, J.A. | 1946 | Brotherhood |
Jenkins Jr., A.G. | 1942 | Service |
Johnson, R.D. | 1963 | Honor |
Jones, E.A. | 1943 | Service |
Jones, G.W. | 1949 | Brotherhood |
Jones, J.A. | 1915 | Brotherhood |
Jones, W.K. | 1944 | Service |
Jordan Jr, F.H. | 1938 | Service |
Karr, J.P. | 1969 | Honor |
Kaylor, J.J. | 2001 | Ut Prosim |
Keck, J.B. | 1961 | Honor |
Kelley Jr., J.J. | 1943 | Service |
Kelly, J.R. | 1965 | Honor |
Kelsch Jr., W.L. | 1932 | Service |
Kelsey Jr., P. | 1941 | Service |
Kelsey, R.V. | 1944 | Service |
Kesterson, C.R. | 1958 | Honor |
Kidd, R.O. | 1939 | Service |
King, B.D. | 1944 | Service |
King, J.S. | 1942 | Service |
Koslow Jr., W.J. | 1943 | Service |
Kraines, P.A. | 2010 | Ut Prosim |
Kreis, W.W. | 1937 | Service |
Kringel Jr., P.F. | 1946 | Service |
Lacy Jr., E.C. | 1940 | Service |
Lake, M. | 1909 | Brotherhood |
Lambert, C.B. | 1914 | Brotherhood |
Lapham, H. | 1940 | Service |
Larimer, C.H. | 1939 | Service |
Layman, C.W. | 1947 | Service |
Leap, C.H. | 1938 | Service |
Lester Jr., H.C. | 1946 | Service |
Lewis, F.L. | 1965 | Honor |
Linkous, C.E. | 1942 | Service |
Linton Jr., H.G. | 1945 | Service |
Love Jr., J.T. | 1940 | Service |
Lowe Jr., J.A. | 1943 | Brotherhood |
Lucas Jr., C.W. | 1945 | Service |
Lutz Jr., F.E. | 1938 | Service |
MacLeod, D.A. | 1948 | Brotherhood |
Manns Jr., M.N. | 1990 | Ut Prosim |
Manuel Jr., J.S. | 1968 | Honor |
Marean, N.H. | 1937 | Service |
Marsh, C.R. | 1945 | Service |
Marsh, L.R. | 1938 | Service |
Mason, N.C. | 2006 | Ut Prosim |
Matthews Jr., L.P. | 1939 | Loyalty |
McCahill, H.K. | 1941 | Service |
McClanahan Jr., H.C. | 1948 | Brotherhood |
McCray Jr., R.J. | 1943 | Service |
McGhee, G.W. | 1970 | Honor |
McKenzie, B. | 1944 | Service |
McKesson, E.L. | 1941 | Service |
McMakin, B.L. | 1935 | Service |
McPhail, W.W. | 1942 | Service |
Meeks, G.E. | 1940 | Loyalty |
Meeks, S.H. | 1943 | Loyalty |
Michael, A.F. | 1943 | Loyalty |
Miller, E.P. | 1939 | Brotherhood |
Mills Jr., C.P. | 1949 | Brotherhood |
Minsker, H.C. | 1937 | Loyalty |
Mitchell, D.S. | 2001 | Ut Prosim |
Mitchell, S.J. | 2018 | Ut Prosim |
Moffett, C.S. | 1939 | Loyalty |
Montague, W.G. | 1943 | Loyalty |
Monteith Jr., J.W. | 1941 | Loyalty |
Moore, A.B. | 1916 | Brotherhood |
Moore, A.M. | 1932 | Loyalty |
Moore, H.M. | 1939 | Loyalty |
Moore, S.B. | 1915 | Brotherhood |
Moss, H.G. | 1946 | Loyalty |
Munden Jr., H.G. | 1945 | Loyalty |
Murphey Jr., D.W. | 1964 | Honor |
Murray Jr., P.W. | 1946 | Loyalty |
Murry, S.W. | 1916 | Brotherhood |
Musgrove, R.R. | 1932 | Brotherhood |
Myers, B.A. | 1939 | Loyalty |
Myers, I.B. | 1946 | Loyalty |
Nelson, J.C. | 1944 | Loyalty |
Nelson, W.C. | 1947 | Loyalty |
Nichols, H.A. | 1935 | Loyalty |
Nickerson, F.G. | 1942 | Loyalty |
Nunnally, R.W. | 1945 | Loyalty |
Nyren, N.J. | 1995 | Ut Prosim |
O'Connor, R.G. | 1938 | Loyalty |
O'Keeffe, J.F. | 1943 | Loyalty |
Oliver, W.R. | 1942 | Loyalty |
Orchard Jr., G.H. | 1935 | Loyalty |
Pace, C.A. | 1940 | Loyalty |
Palm, T.A. | 1967 | Honor |
Palmer Jr., N.F. | 1946 | Loyalty |
Palmer Jr., P.C. | 1940 | Loyalty |
Palmer, J.F. | 1940 | Brotherhood |
Parr, J.L. | 1942 | Loyalty |
Patton, W.P. | 1943 | Loyalty |
Payne Jr., G.H. | 1945 | Loyalty |
Pfohl, C.T. | 1944 | Loyalty |
Phillips Jr., J.L. | 1931 | Loyalty |
Phillips, E.L. | 1920 | Brotherhood |
Pierce Jr., J.R. | 1942 | Loyalty |
Pierpont, G.H. | 1940 | Loyalty |
Pittard, G. | 1920 | brotherhood |
Pittman, H.O. | 1946 | Loyalty |
Plunkett, G.W. | 1966 | Honor |
Pollard, A.C. | 1962 | Honor |
Porterfield, A.R. | 1938 | Loyalty |
Powell Jr., R.C. | 1936 | Loyalty |
Prance, W.C. | 1939 | Loyalty |
Preston, J.W. | 1947 | Loyalty |
Price, T.E. | 2001 | Ut Prosim |
Pruhs, R.L. | 1968 | Honor |
Purdum III, L.W. | 1949 | Brotherhood |
Quarles Jr., R.E. | 1946 | Loyalty |
Quinn, E.T. | 1944 | Loyalty |
Rainier, J.K. | 1935 | Loyalty |
Ramsey, D.L. | 1943 | Loyalty |
Raup, R.W. | 1941 | Loyalty |
Reese, W.L. | 1945 | Loyalty |
Renick Jr., D.C. | 1942 | Loyalty |
Rennie, R.C. | 1946 | Duty |
Reynolds, E.B. | 1941 | Duty |
Riggle, L.R. | 1944 | Duty |
Ritchie Jr., S.B. | 1941 | Duty |
Robb, R.K. | 1945 | Duty |
Roesler, H.S. | 1939 | Duty |
Rubin, C.M. | 1941 | Duty |
Rubincam, V.G. | 1940 | Duty |
Rush Jr., H.S. | 1940 | Duty |
Russell, R.D. | 1941 | Duty |
Sanford Jr., R.L. | 1945 | Duty |
Saunders Jr., W.D. | 1923 | Duty |
Saunders, R.K. | 1946 | Duty |
Saville Jr., H.L. | 1942 | Duty |
Schenk, J.B. | 1940 | Duty |
Schmidt, R.C. | 1945 | Duty |
Schott, R.W. | 1944 | Duty |
Shaner, V.C. | 1926 | Duty |
Shannon, K.A. | 1961 | Honor |
Sharitz Jr., T.J.B. | 1932 | Duty |
Shea Jr., R.T. | 1948 | Brotherhood |
Sheets, E.H. | 1946 | Duty |
Sheffield Jr., C.E. | 1943 | Duty |
Sheffler, L.W. | 1940 | Duty |
Shipley, J.W. | 1936 | Duty |
Shrader, H.A. | 1951 | Brotherhood |
Shrik, F.K. | 1936 | Duty |
Shure, I.I. | 1931 | Duty |
Silcox, H.J. | 1941 | Duty |
Simonson, C.W. | 1946 | Duty |
Sisson, W.D. | 1940 | Duty |
Skeen, J.M. | 1937 | Duty |
Skelton, C.W. | 1944 | Duty |
Sloop, W.L. | 1967 | Honor |
Slusher, J.D. | 1939 | Duty |
Smith, J.W. | 1972 | Honor |
Smith, R.W. | 1921 | Brotherhood |
Spatz, S.S. | 1946 | Duty |
Spearman, D.G. | 1961 | Honor |
Spencer Jr., R.H. | 1941 | Duty |
Stailey, J.T. | 1946 | Duty |
Stainback, J.M. | 1941 | Brotherhood |
Sullivan, J.J. | 1962 | Honor |
Stanley Jr., R.I. | 1943 | Duty |
Stephenson, C.M. | 1945 | Duty |
Stone, G.E. | 1953 | Honor |
Stone, W.L. | 1940 | Duty |
Sutherland, B.C. | 1945 | Duty |
Sutton Jr., L.C. | 1945 | Duty |
Tarpley, C.B. | 1946 | Duty |
Taylor Jr., J.S. | 1922 | Duty |
Taylor, W.B. | 1940 | Duty |
Tenney Jr., C.H. | 1946 | Duty |
Terry Jr., G.W. | 1942 | Duty |
Thomas Jr., W.H. | 1944 | Duty |
Thomas, H.J. | 1941 | Duty |
Thompson Jr., J.H. | 1943 | Ut Prosim |
Thompson, S.N. | 1933 | Ut Prosim |
Tichy, E.R. | 1945 | Ut Prosim |
Tilden, W.T. | 1946 | Ut Prosim |
Tillar III, D.P. | 1988 | Ut Prosim |
Tirpak, J.A. | 1938 | Ut Prosim |
Tomko, J.H. | 1943 | Ut Prosim |
Trent Jr., G.L. | 1933 | Ut Prosim |
Triplett III, P.J. | 1943 | Ut Prosim |
Tullidge III, G.B. | 1945 | Ut Prosim |
Unsworth Jr., J.S. | 1947 | Ut Prosim |
Vaughan Jr., H.C. | 1943 | Ut Prosim |
Vernon, O.R. | 1938 | Ut Prosim |
Vick, E.R. | 1940 | Ut Prosim |
Vogel, J.R. | 1946 | Ut Prosim |
Walker, R.P. | 1935 | Ut Prosim |
Ware Jr., R.B. | 1937 | Ut Prosim |
Warriner, G.D. | 1941 | Ut Prosim |
Warwick Jr., W.B. | 1949 | Brotherhood |
Waterman Jr., J.M. | 1942 | Ut Prosim |
Wayland, C.A. | 1922 | Brotherhood |
Weaver Jr., W.S. | 1946 | Ut Prosim |
Weaver, C.L. | 2002 | Ut Prosim |
Weaver, E.M. | 1945 | Ut Prosim |
Webb III, W.W. | 1964 | Honor |
Webb, A.E. | 1922 | Brotherhood |
Webb, J.L. | 1943 | Ut Prosim |
Webb, T.W. | 1968 | Honor |
Welch, W.C. | 1945 | Ut Prosim |
Whaley, A.B. | 1946 | Ut Prosim |
Wharton Jr., T.S. | 1945 | Ut Prosim |
Wheeler, E.A. | 1942 | Ut Prosim |
White, M.F. | 1961 | Honor |
White, W.C. | 1938 | Ut Prosim |
Whitley, C.V. | 1943 | Ut Prosim |
Whitmore II, G.D. | 1968 | Honor |
Widener, R.W. | 1936 | Ut Prosim |
Wiegel, C.W. | 1919 | Brotherhood |
Willey, B.M. | 1952 | Honor |
Williams, B.N. | 1950 | Brotherhood |
Williams, G.S. | 1938 | Ut Prosim |
Williams, H.C. | 1909 | Brotherhood |
Williams, J.G. | 1941 | Ut Prosim |
Williams, J.P. | 1942 | Ut Prosim |
Williams, L.W. | 1907 | Brotherhood |
Wilson Jr., J.A. | 1950 | Brotherhood |
Wilson, J.A. | 1939 | Ut Prosim |
Wince, W.E. | 1942 | Ut Prosim |
Wingfield, W.H. | 1944 | Ut Prosim |
Winston, E.L. | 1942 | Ut Prosim |
Witcher, V.B. | 1943 | Ut Prosim |
Womack Jr., H.A. | 1943 | Ut Prosim |
Wood, J.D. | 1935 | Ut Prosim |
Wood, N.S. | 1939 | Ut Prosim |
Woodelton, K.A.N. | 1943 | Ut Prosim |
Woodson, L.F. | 1931 | Ut Prosim |
Wooldridge, J.P. | 1944 | Ut Prosim |
Worsham Jr., J.P. | 1942 | Ut Prosim |
Wortman Jr., S.F. | 1940 | Ut Prosim |
Yeates Jr., A.B. | 1936 | Ut Prosim |
Yeatts, F.L. | 1931 | Ut Prosim |
Yowell, R.W. | 1940 | Ut Prosim |
Zimmerman, H.P. | 1947 | Ut Prosim |
About the Corps of Cadets
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