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Texas A&M Cadet Edwin O. Bellinger ’36 Memorial Bugle Stand

 
 
Texas A&M Cadet Edwin O. Bellinger ’36 Memorial Bugle Stand Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by R. C., May 21, 2022
1. Texas A&M Cadet Edwin O. Bellinger ’36 Memorial Bugle Stand Marker
Front view of bugle stand w/o horn
Inscription. In memory of Edwin O'Brien Bellinger
 
Erected 1936 by The Fightin' Texas Aggie Band Class of 1936.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 30° 36.751′ N, 96° 20.154′ W. Memorial is in College Station, Texas, in Brazos County. It is at the intersection of Coke Street and Lewis Street on Coke Street. Marker is located in front of the Corps of Cadets Dining Center and is inaccessible to cars. There is a public parking garage across the street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: College Station TX 77843, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Prairies & Lakes Region. It is also in the American South. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Republic of Texas, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Colonel Joe T. Haney Field (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); “The Spirit of ’02” (about 500 feet away); Texas A&M Corps of Cadets (about 600 feet away); J.V. "Pinky" Wilson (about 700 feet away); Early Texas A&M Campus Housing (about 700 feet away); James Francis Hollingsworth (approx. 0.2 miles away); A. & M. College of Texas World War Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Freedom from Terrorism Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in College Station.
 
More about this memorial. The Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band Bugle Stand is a memorial to Cadet
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Edwin O. Bellinger ’36. He was a Cadet at Texas A&M University involved in the Ross Volunteers, Fightin' Texas Aggie Band, The Aggieland Orchestra. He was killed on military exercise at Camp Bullis, TX on July 9, 1935.

Cadet Bellinger had been a Corps of Cadets Bugler his sophomore year. The bugle stand was originally located in front of the old Texas A&M YMCA building but was moved in front of the Corps Dining Hall in the early 1950s
 
Texas A&M Cadet Edwin O. Bellinger ’36 Memorial Bugle Stand Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by R. C., December 21, 2023
2. Texas A&M Cadet Edwin O. Bellinger ’36 Memorial Bugle Stand Marker
Texas A&M Cadet Edwin O. Bellinger ’36 Memorial Bugle Stand Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ronald Claiborne, circa 1930s/40s
3. Texas A&M Cadet Edwin O. Bellinger ’36 Memorial Bugle Stand Marker
Bugle stand at its previous location in front of the A&M College of Texas Academic Building.
Texas A&M Cadet Edwin O. Bellinger ’36 Memorial Bugle Stand image. Click for full size.
Photographed by R. C., December 21, 2023
4. Texas A&M Cadet Edwin O. Bellinger ’36 Memorial Bugle Stand
Intertwined AMC representing "Agricultural & Mechanical College (of Texas)"
Texas A&M Cadet Edwin O. Bellinger ’36 Memorial Bugle Stand Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by R. C., December 21, 2023
5. Texas A&M Cadet Edwin O. Bellinger ’36 Memorial Bugle Stand Marker
Texas A&M
Texas A&M Cadet Edwin O. Bellinger ’36 Memorial Bugle Stand Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by R. C., December 21, 2023
6. Texas A&M Cadet Edwin O. Bellinger ’36 Memorial Bugle Stand Marker
Front view of memorial with the A&M Corps of Cadets Dining Hall behind
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 28, 2023, by Ronald Claiborne of College Station, Texas. This page has been viewed 877 times since then and 37 times this year. Last updated on January 3, 2024, by Ronald Claiborne of College Station, Texas. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 28, 2023, by Ronald Claiborne of College Station, Texas.   3. submitted on September 4, 2025, by Ronald Claiborne of College Station, Texas.   4, 5, 6. submitted on December 28, 2023, by Ronald Claiborne of College Station, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
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