--- title: HR 1415. Master Sgt. Gary I. Gordon Memorial Highway; Richmond County; dedicate collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr1415 cite_as: HR 1415, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1415 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1415.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1415/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73419 date: 2026-02-24 status: introduced corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1414.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1416.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 132 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1415.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 1415 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2026-02-19 last_action: House Second Readers sponsors: - Brian Prince - Gary Richardson text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR1415/2025 upstream_id: 2120643 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - highway dedication - military honors - Richmond County - veterans --- # HR 1415. Master Sgt. Gary I. Gordon Memorial Highway; Richmond County; dedicate ## Text House Resolution 1415 By: Representative Prince of the 132nd A RESOLUTION Honoring the life of Master Sgt. Gary I. Gordon and dedicating a road in his memory; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, Master Sgt. Gary I. Gordon was born on August 30, 1960, and grew up in Lincoln, Maine, before joining the United States Army at the age of 18; and WHEREAS, Master Sgt. Gordon was serving as sniper team leader for the United States Army Special Operations Command with Task Force Ranger in Mogadishu, Somalia, when his unit was subjected to intense enemy fire while attempting to rescue the crew of a downed helicopter; and WHEREAS, Master Sgt. Gordon volunteered to be inserted to protect four critically wounded personnel, despite the risk to his own safety; and WHEREAS, he and a fellow sniper fought through intense small arms fire and a maze of shanties and shacks to reach the critically injured crew members; and WHEREAS, after depleting his ammunition and losing his fellow sniper to enemy fire, Master Sgt. Gordon recovered weapons and ammunition from the crashed helicopter and elected to give the last five rounds of recovered ammunition to the pilot of the crashed helicopter; and WHEREAS, Master Sgt. Gordon gave the ultimate sacrifice for his fellow man and his selflessness embodied the spirit of service; and WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that this remarkable and distinguished American be recognized appropriately by dedicating a road in his memory. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the portion of U.S. 78/U.S. 278/State Route 10 from Willhaven Drive eastward to Belfair Lakes Drive in Augusta-Richmond County is dedicated as the Master Sgt. Gary I. Gordon Memorial Highway. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the Master Sgt. Gary I. Gordon Memorial Highway. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to the family of Master Sgt. Gary I. Gordon and to the Department of Transportation. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the resolution. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia House resolution would name a stretch of U.S. 78/U.S. 278/State Route 10 in Augusta-Richmond County the Master Sgt. Gary I. Gordon Memorial Highway, honoring a soldier killed in Somalia in 1993. ### Plain-language summary This resolution honors Master Sgt. Gary I. Gordon, a U.S. Army soldier from Lincoln, Maine, who died in Mogadishu, Somalia, while trying to protect wounded crew members from a downed helicopter. The resolution recounts his actions during that mission, including running out of ammunition and giving his last rounds to a surviving pilot. The operative part of the resolution designates the section of U.S. 78/U.S. 278/State Route 10 running from Willhaven Drive eastward to Belfair Lakes Drive in Augusta-Richmond County as the Master Sgt. Gary I. Gordon Memorial Highway. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to put up and maintain signs marking the dedication, and directs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to Gordon's family and to the Department of Transportation. ### What it does - Dedicates the stretch of U.S. 78/U.S. 278/State Route 10 between Willhaven Drive and Belfair Lakes Drive in Augusta-Richmond County as the Master Sgt. Gary I. Gordon Memorial Highway. - Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the highway dedication. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to send copies of the resolution to Gordon's family and to the Department of Transportation. ### Who it affects The resolution directly affects the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain signage, and the family of Master Sgt. Gary I. Gordon, who receive copies of the honor. Drivers on this stretch of road in Augusta-Richmond County will see the new memorial signage. ### Why it matters The designation creates a permanent public memorial along a Georgia highway honoring a soldier's actions in combat. It does not change traffic rules, funding, or road use; its main effect is the installation of commemorative signage in Augusta-Richmond County. ### Key provisions - The resolution's whereas clauses describe Master Sgt. Gordon's military service and the events in Mogadishu, Somalia, that led to his death. - The first resolving clause designates the named portion of U.S. 78/U.S. 278/State Route 10 in Augusta-Richmond County as the Master Sgt. Gary I. Gordon Memorial Highway. - The second resolving clause authorizes and directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs for the designation. - The third resolving clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to Gordon's family and the Department of Transportation. ## Status - Status: Introduced (2026-02-19) - Last action: House Second Readers (2026-02-24) - Sponsors: Brian Prince, Gary Richardson - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73419 > The history, votes, and amendments (132 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1415.md?full=1