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Fort Gordon was officially renamed to honor Master Sgt. Gary I. Gordon, a Medal of Honor recipient.

Gordon was posthumously awarded for his heroic actions during the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia.

The previous name, Fort Eisenhower, replaced the original name honoring Confederate general John B. Gordon.

Fort Gordon on Friday officially dedicated the Army installation's name to the memory of a soldier remembered as a "quiet man" thrust into a deadly battle from which only his comrades emerged alive.

Master Sgt. Gary I. Gordon posthumously received the Medal of Honor in 1994 for actions during the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, later dramatized in the 2001 film Black Hawk Down .

At an overcast outdoor ceremony attended by soldiers, family members, local official

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