Editing Gary Gordon (section)

==Early life and career==
Gary Gordon was born August 30, 1960, in [[Lincoln (CDP), Maine|Lincoln]], [[Maine]], and graduated from [[Mattanawcook Academy]] in 1978. On December 4 of that year, at age 18, he joined the U.S. Army. Trained as a [[combat engineer]], Gordon became a Special Forces Engineer with the 2nd Battalion of the [[10th Special Forces Group]]. In December 1986, he volunteered and was selected to join the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1SFOD-D), or [[Delta Force]]. As a Delta [[Operator (military)|operator]], Gordon eventually advanced to Team Sergeant.
Before deploying to Somalia, he married his wife Carmen and they had two children, Brittany and Ian.<ref name="vet tribute">{{Cite web |title=Gary I. Gordon  |url=http://www.veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=211 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810125335/http://www.veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=211 |archive-date=10 August 2014 |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Veteran Tributes}}</ref><ref name=JFKMuseum>{{Cite web |access-date=February 12, 2010 |url=https://www.soc.mil/swcs/museum/Gmemo.shtml |title=Memorializations |website=U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Museum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030315102112/https://www.soc.mil/swcs/museum/Gmemo.shtml |archive-date=15 March 2003  }}</ref><ref name="ceremony">{{Cite web |date=May 23, 1994 |title=REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT PRESENTATION OF MEDAL OF HONOR POSTHUMOUSLY TO MASTER SERGEANT GARY GORDON AND SERGEANT FIRST CLASS RANDALL SHUGHART |url=http://clinton6.nara.gov/1994/05/1994-05-23-president-at-presentation-of-medal-of-honor.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010726220923/http://clinton6.nara.gov/1994/05/1994-05-23-president-at-presentation-of-medal-of-honor.html |archive-date=July 26, 2001 |access-date=February 12, 2010 |publisher=[[White House Press Secretary]]}}</ref>