Talbert Hall of Honor located inside the Camp Dawson Headquarters building, was dedicated in tribute honoring these two American soldiers displaying all the flags of the world atop the wall that prominently bears their names. Sgt. DeForest L. Talbert of Charleston, W.Va. died on July 27, 2004, while serving in operation Iraqi Freedom. On August 21, 2008, the Department of Defense Biometrics Task Force (redesignated as the Biometrics Identity Management Agency in 2010) Gene Vance Biometrics Experimentation Center at Camp Dawson (West Virginia) was dedicated in honor of Vance to house the biometrics experimentation capabilities and communications vehicle. On May 18, 2012, US Armed Forces Day and ten years following Vance's fatal shooting, a new day in the United States of America called the Gene Vance Jr. Day was founded in Vance's hometown. It was created by the Gene Vance Jr. Foundation with support from officials representing the State of West Virginia, City of Morgantown, West Virginia Army National Guard, West Virginia University, business and media organizations to honor the legacy of American soldiers who returned home from the longest ongoing war in US history, remembers the fallen and supports the wounded in honor of their hometown hero. Framed by Memorial Day and Armed Forces Day in the United States, the day is observed annually in Morgantown on May 18. On May 1, 2012, the United States Patent and Trademark Office registered the trademark "Bud's Bold Brew Coffee" that contained a portrait of Vance in his honor. On May 22, 2016, the 15th anniversary year of 9/11, the City of Morgantown, WV designated a memorial highway in Vance's honor named the Gene Arden Vance Jr. Memorial Drive. On May 16, 2020, US Armed Forces Day, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, founder Michael M.J. Minc spearheaded the 9th annual Gene Vance Jr. Day by creating a virtual event. Entitled ‘United in Spirit’ it brought together government leaders like Senators Joseph Manchin III and Shelley Moore Capito, military leaders like Adjutant General of the West Virginia Army National Guard, Major General James A. Hoyer, education leader E. Gordon Gee as well as healthcare, multi denominational religious leaders along with musical performers that included American Idol contestant and country musician, Cody Clayton Eagle, an 18-year-old Morgantown high school senior. On May 15, 2021, U.S. Armed Forces Day, amidst a continuing pandemic during the 20th Anniversary year of the September 11 attacks and the 10th