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Gold Star Hall Ceremony

Ceremony:

Presentation

Time

Monday, Nov 10, 2025 at 4:15 pm

Location

Great Hall, Memorial Union

Co-Sponsors:
  • Gold Star Hall Committee
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

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.

2025 Honorees:

Thomas Smith
World War II - Navy, Lieutenant Junior Grade
Hometown: Boone, IA
Years at ISU: 1937-1942

Eugene Armstrong
World War II - Army, 1st Lieutenant
Hometown: Jefferson, IA
Years at ISU: 1936-1940

David Wendell Myers
Vietnam - Marine Corps, Captain
Hometown: Ames, IA
Years at ISU: 1956-1961

Myron Poock
Vietnam - Army, Captain
Hometown: Sumner, IA
Years at ISU: 1961-1965

There will be a reception to follow the ceremony. The ceremony will not be recorded.