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.
This marker is located near the southeast corner of Old Main.