CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Soldiers and leaders from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division dedicated the Shaw Gymnasium to a fallen comrade Wednesday, June 3.
Audrey Shaw, widow of Staff Sgt. Eric Shaw, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st BCT, 101st Abn. Div., and her children unveiled the plaque and citation that will hang in the new Staff Sgt. Eric B. Shaw Memorial Gymnasium on Fort Campbell.
Staff Sgt. Shaw was killed in Afghanistan in 2010 while saving the lives of 12 Afghan soldiers from enemy fire.
He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his heroism.