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*USAIC Suppl 1 to AR 1-33

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES ARMY INFANTRY CENTER FORT BENNING, GEORGIA 31905-5000

rVJTv -L _5 J5 Administration MEMORIAL PROGRAMS Distribution of the Army regulation was limited to Army distribution "D" and copies are not required for compliance with this supplement. Further supplementation of this regulation and establishment of command and local forms are prohibited without prior approval through channels from HQDA (TAPC-PED-A), Alexandria, VA 22331-0482.

AR 1-33, 15 December 1980 is supplemented as follows:

1. GENERAL.

a. The policy as outlined below contains guidance and instructions for memorializing deceased Army personnel who have distinguished themselves by acts of exceptional heroism or other deceased personnel who have held positions of high responsibility.

It announces the procedure for selecting names of buildings or natural and man-made features on the Fort Benning reservation to include Camp Frank D. Merrill and Moreno Point Recreation Area.

b. Existing names, which have been the benefit of common usage or which appear on the latest official maps, will not be altered.

c. Buildings that are already well known by their functional use will not be named. Temporary-type buildings or facilities will not be named.

d. Consideration should be given to the significance of the feature to be memorialized so that the most prominent features may bear the names of famous and well known heroes or battles while lesser features are identified by the names of persons or battles not so widely known. Special consideration is to be given to qualified noncommissioned officers and minorities.

*This regulation supersedes USAIC Regulation 1-33, 17 April 1991.

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2. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.

a. The Fort Benning Memorialization Board shall consist of the following members:

Advisor,.nonvoting member)

(7) Representative, DPW Real Property Master Planning Branch (Recorder without vote)

b. The Memorialization Board will be responsible for making recommendations to the Installation Commander of all name selections for approval.

c. The responsibility for initiating action to name any building, portions of a building, facility, or structure rests with the Memorialization Board. Requests must be submitted to the Director of Public Works. ATTN: ATZB-PWE-R. The proposed name for all new memorialization actions will be selected from a current list of appropriate names that have been divided into groups according to significance of the feature. All staff agencies and activities or individuals will submit names to the Memorialization Board to be reviewed and considered for inclusion on the list of appropriate names for memorialization. Proposals for a specific naming action will include the proposed name with brief biographical sketch, as well as an aerial photograph, if readily available, or map of the area to be named with the position of the particular feature plotted thereon, together with the proper coordinates.

d. In the event a dedication ceremony is desired in connection with the naming of a building or a facility, it will be the responsibility of the staff agency or activity having primary interest in the feature to handle all phases of such ceremony.

This includes furnishing funds, obtaining travel orders for visitors, transportation, procurement of portrait and plaque, etc.

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requirements:

(1) Be the recipient of either the Medal of Honor or the Distinguished Service Cross award.

(2) Be a person who held a position of high responsibility, whose actions improved the Army and gave public service of national importance.

(3) Except for Medal of Honor and Distinguished Service Cross recipients, nominees must be deceased at least five years before memorialization.

c. [Names of individuals will be used to designate all natural and man-made features. Names of famous battles, division designations or sobriquets of divisions may be used to designate roads, trails, heliports or areas.

d. Helipads and airstrips which are temporary in nature and without a control tower will be named after the nearest identifiable terrain feature.

names assigned to buildings or natural and man-made features at Fort Benning, the Director of Public Works, United States Army Infantry Center is designated as the office of record. The Director of Public Works will furnish the Director of Information Management, Operations and Systems Integration Division, Records Management Support Branch complete information pertaining to all new names selected in order that the appropriate memorandums may be published announcing the approved action taken.

b. The Director of Public Works will coordinate this information regarding new names with the Federal Printing Plant to arrange for reproduction or revision of existing maps to ensure accuracy in locating and identifying all names assigned to the natural and man-made features on the Fort Benning reservation.

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ATZB-PWE-R

FOR THE COMMANDER:

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BURNET R. QUICK Colonel, Infantry Chief of Staff

PAUL YATES

Director of Information Mangement

DISTRIBUTION:

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