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Defense Distinguished Service Medal

HONOR

As per Executive Order 11545, of 9th July 1970.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Abizaid
Military
1-Apr-1951   C-in-C, US Central Command, 2003-07
Keith B. Alexander
Military
1952   Director, National Security Agency
Lew Allen, Jr.
Military
30-Sep-1925 4-Jan-2010 Director of the NSA, 1973-77
Dennis C. Blair
Government
4-Feb-1947   Director of National Intelligence, 2009-10
Marvin D. Brailsford
Business
31-Jan-1939   Retired US Army Lt. General
George W. Casey, Jr.
Military
21-Jul-1948   US Army Chief of Staff, 2007-11
John T. Chain
Military
11-Dec-1934   C-in-C, Strategic Air Command, 1986-91
James R. Clapper
Military
c. 1941   Director of National Intelligence
Vernon E. Clark
Military
7-Sep-1944   US Chief of Naval Operations, 2000-05
Wesley Clark
Military
23-Dec-1944   Supreme Allied Commander, 1997-2000
James T. Conway
Military
26-Dec-1947   Commandant of the Marine Corps
Anthony H. Cordesman
Government
2-Aug-1938   The Lessons of Modern War
William J. Crowe, Jr.
Government
2-Jan-1925 18-Oct-2007 US Navy Admiral
Martin E. Dempsey
Military
14-Mar-1952   Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Walter F. Doran
Military
15-Oct-1945   C-in-C, US Pacific Fleet, 2002-05
Ralph E. Eberhart
Military
c. 1946   Commander of NORAD, 2002-05
Karl W. Eikenberry
Military
1951   US Ambassador to Afghanistan
James O. Ellis, Jr.
Military
20-Jul-1947   C-in-C of US Strategic Command, 2001-02
Larry R. Ellis
Business
1946   US Army Forces Command, 2001-04
William J. Fallon
Military
30-Dec-1944   C-in-C, US Central Command, 2007-08
Charles A. Gabriel
Military
21-Jan-1928 4-Sep-2003 USAF Chief of Staff, 1982-86
Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr.
Military
4-May-1948   Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2005-07
Michael V. Hayden
Government
17-Mar-1945   Former Director of the CIA
Robert T. Herres
Military
12-Jan-1932 24-Jul-2008 Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs, 1987-90
Lewis B. Hershey
Military
12-Sep-1893 20-May-1977 Director of Selective Service System
James L. Holloway III
Military
23-Feb-1922   Chief of Naval Operations, 1974-78
Lowell Jacoby
Military
28-Aug-1945   Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, 2002-05
Jay L. Johnson
Military
5-Jun-1946   US Chief of Naval Operations, 1996-2000
David C. Jones
Military
9-Jul-1921   Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1978-82
James L. Jones
Military
19-Dec-1943   US National Security Advisor, 2009-10
George A. Joulwan
Military
16-Nov-1939   Supreme Allied Commander, 1993-97
Paul G. Kaminski
Military
16-Sep-1942   CEO of Technovation, Inc.
John M. Keane
Military
1-Feb-1943   US Army Vice Chief of Staff, 1999-2003
Frank B. Kelso II
Military
11-Jul-1933   Chief of Naval Operations, 1990-94
Leslie F. Kenne
Military
c. 1949   Retired Lt. General, US Air Force
Charles C. Krulak
Military
4-Mar-1942   US Marine Corps Commandant, 1995-99
Charles R. Larson
Military
20-Nov-1936   C-in-C, US Pacific Command, 1991-94
Lester L. Lyles
Military
20-Apr-1946   Commander, USAF Materiel Command, 2000-03
James Mattis
Military
8-Sep-1950   Commander-in-Chief, CENTCOM
Stanley McChrystal
Military
14-Aug-1954   Commander, US Forces Afghanistan, 2009-10
Wesley L. McDonald
Military
6-Jul-1924 8-Feb-2008 Led 1983 invasion of Grenada
K. T. McFarland
Government
1952   Former Kissinger staffer
Colin R. McMillan
Politician
27-Jul-1935 24-Jul-2003 US Assistant Secretary of Defense, 1990-92
Judith A. Miller
Attorney
c. 1950   US Defense Dept. General Counsel, 1994-2000
Kenneth A. Minihan
Government
31-Dec-1943   NSA Director, 1996-99
Thomas H. Moorer
Military
9-Feb-1912 5-Feb-2004 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1970-74
Michael Mullen
Military
4-Oct-1946   Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2007-11
Carl E. Mundy, Jr.
Military
16-Jul-1935   USMC Commandant, 1991-95
Lloyd W. Newton
Military
26-Jun-1942   USAF General
Raymond T. Odierno
Military
c. 1954   US Army Chief of Staff
David Petraeus
Military
7-Nov-1952   Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Colin Powell
Government
5-Apr-1937   US Secretary of State, 2001-05
Joseph W. Ralston
Military
4-Nov-1943   Supreme Allied Commander, 2000-03
Bruce Riedel
Spy
c. 1953   CIA Near East Asia Specialist
Charles O. Rossotti
Business
17-Jan-1941   IRS Commissioner, 1997-2002
Gary Roughead
Military
c. 1951   Chief of Naval Operations
Michael E. Ryan
Military
24-Dec-1941   USAF Chief of Staff, 1997-2001
Peter Schoomaker
Military
12-Feb-1946   US Army Chief of Staff, 2003-07
Norman Schwarzkopf
Military
22-Aug-1934   Leader in Persian Gulf War
Joe Sestak
Politician
12-Dec-1951   Congressman from Pennsylvania, 2007-11
John P. Stapp
Scientist
11-Jul-1910 13-Nov-1999 Rocket sled pioneer
Gordon R. Sullivan
Military
25-Sep-1937   US Army Chief of Staff, 1991-95
Patricia A. Tracey
Military
30-Nov-1950   Former Vice Admiral, US Navy
Carlisle Trost
Military
24-Apr-1930   Chief of Naval Operations, 1986-90
Richard H. Truly
Astronaut
12-Nov-1937   NASA Administrator, 1989-92
Carl E. Vuono
Military
18-Oct-1934   US Army Chief of Staff, 1987-91
Robert F. Willard
Military
c. 1951   Commander-in-Chief, US Pacific Fleet
Anthony Zinni
Military
17-Sep-1943   Former C-in-C, U.S. Central Command




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