Welcome to our Veterans Memorial webpage, a dedicated space honoring the brave men and women who have served our nation with valor and distinction. Here, you will find a comprehensive list of veterans whose sacrifices and contributions have been immortalized in our memorial. Each name represents a story of courage, resilience, and unwavering commitment to the ideals of freedom and democracy. We invite you to explore their legacies and pay tribute to the heroes who have safeguarded our liberties and shaped the course of our history.
Veterans honored on the fenceline include:
In Memory of:
- 1/71 CAV Fallen
- SSG Shawn Fant
- CW3 Rich Swiger
- SSG Jesse Ainsworth, 1/71 CAV
- SSG Mike McMahon, 1/71 CAV
- Capt Sam Binkley, MD USN
- 2LT Tom Hardy, VMF312 USMC
- SGT Reuben Binkley, USA
- SFC John F. Beu, 11th Airborne
- Sgt James A Lane, USMC
- Capt Frank C. Binkley, MD
- Maj John Richards, Ord Corps
- CPL C. Tim Clark, 1st Wisc Cav
- SrA Jimmie Durham
- SN Charles A Scott, USN
- Russell Welch, USN
- Sgt Chadrick O. Domino
- CTR3 Kenneth L. Rogers, USN
- 1LT Joe Theinert, B 1-71 CAV
- SSG Mike Johnson
- SPC Nick Brown, D 2-7 CAV
- 1/23 Inf Fallen
- LCPL Trevor A. Roberts
- Airman Shirley M. Buhrmann
- Maj William T Sherman, USAF
- LCPL Jacob Lipski
- USN John Powers
In Honor of:
- SPC Edward Tate
- SSG Jordan P. Beu, TNARNG
- SSGT Jonathan D. Beu, USAF
- LCPL William White, USMC Vietnam
Where available, additional information about each Veteran is available by clicking the name above.
We invite you to visit on Memorial Day weekend at your leisure, or join us for Open House on May 31, 2025. Event info: https://www.projectgallantlyforward.org/event/open-house/
If you’d like to visit another time, please contact us and let us know when you’ll be coming so we will be expecting you.
In 2024, we created the Veteran Memorial Fenceline in honor of Memorial Day. Since Project Gallantly Forward is supported by the community we serve, we offered the space on each fence post to honor the Veterans of our community. This opportunity re-opens intermittently. If you’d like to have your Veteran included on the fence line, check back for this opportunity.
Memorial Fenceline Shields are currently not available for purchase.
Details for purchasing are as follows:
We will be offering custom shields “In Memory Of” or “In Honor Of” your Veteran. Shields are available for purchase until 5/1/2025 and will be placed on the fence posts at PGF by Memorial Day.
What will funds raised be used for? Project Gallantly Forward is a Veteran’s retreat located on the outskirts of Chattanooga, TN. We were established in 2023 and are currently open for Veterans who would like to bring an RV or camper and stay at the retreat. We are raising funds to support infrastructure and finish two cabins in order to expand our capacity to bring additional Veterans on-site. We offer a non-traditional approach to provide healing for the visible and invisible wounds of war by offering a peaceful Veteran retreat in rural Tennessee. Participation in the program is free of charge to Veterans with their loved ones. Veterans have access to a private working farm where they can have the time and space to begin healing while in the company of other Veterans who are on the same path.
Details: Shields are 14 gauge stainless steel and approximately 12×13 inch. 52 shields are available for purchase, one for each fence post on the fence line.
Character limit for names: 12 (including 1/2 a character for spaces), plus a 4 character space for rank, with option to add on a second character plate.
Examples:
- Honor your Unit: “In Memory of 1/71 CAV FALLEN”
- Honor a Fallen Veteran: “In Memory of SSG John Doe”
- Honor a Living Veteran, with Additional Character Plate: “In Honor of CPL John Doe, US ARMY”
- Honor Fallen Veteran, long name with Additional Character Plate: “In Memory of Maj Richard Harrison”
- Honor Fallen Veteran, long name WITHOUT Additional Character Plate: “In Memory of Maj R Harrison”
Note: Zeffy is a free platform we use to collect donations. This platform will suggest a donation for you to contribute to them for their service. You can select ‘Other’ and change to $0 if you do not wish to donate to Zeffy. They will not charge PGF the 10% if you select $0.
