The Gold Star Hall Ceremony is held annually around Veterans Day in November to honor and remember ISU students who died while serving in the US military. The Gold Star Hall committee selects students whose names are engraved in the Gold Star Hall to be honored each year. The ceremony brings light to these service members' personal lives and the life they lived while at Iowa State through a powerful narration of each honoree's biography. Family members, friends, faculty, staff, students and members of the public gather every year to pay their respects and honor the sacrifice made by these students in service to their country. Please consider joining us this year for an impactful and moving ceremony.
The three honorees this year include Army First Lieutenant Sidney W Peterson of Ringsted, Iowa who served in World War II, was awarded the distinguished flying cross and 10 oak leaf clusters, died after taking on anti-aircraft fire aboard a B-26 Marauder. The next honoree is Air Force 2nd Lt. Max Harvey Collins of Nevada, Iowa. Collins studied aeronautical engineering at ISU with a strong secondary interest in photography. Collins died when his aircraft crashed on take-off during the Korean War. And the final honoree, Air Force Captain James Wayne Herrick, Jr. was one of 9 children born into the Herrick family in Panora, Iowa. Herrick completed his animal husbandry bachelors degree at ISU. He died in Thailand while on a reconnaissance mission during Vietnam.
2024 Ceremony
Wednesday November 13 2024
4:15 - 5:00pm
Durham Great Hall, Memorial Union
Can't make the event in person? Join our live stream on YouTube during the time of the event.
