Awarded by the U.S. Army to personnel who perform exceptionally meritorious service in positions of great responsibility. Created in 1918.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John Abizaid |
Military |
1-Apr-1951 |
|
C-in-C, US Central Command, 2003-07 |
| Norman Augustine |
Business |
27-Jul-1935 |
|
CEO of Martin Marietta, 1996-97 |
| John Birch |
Religion |
28-May-1918 |
25-Aug-1945 |
Missionary to China killed during WW2 |
| Charles H. Bonesteel III |
Military |
26-Sep-1909 |
13-Oct-1977 |
Commander, U.S. Forces, Korea |
| Walter E. Boomer |
Military |
22-Sep-1938 |
|
Retired General, US Marine Corps |
| Jeremy M. Boorda |
Military |
26-Nov-1939 |
16-May-1996 |
Chief of Naval Operations, 1994-96 |
| Charles G. Boyd |
Military |
15-Apr-1938 |
|
Retired General, US Air Force |
| Walter Bradford Cannon |
Scientist |
19-Oct-1871 |
1-Oct-1945 |
Fight or flight response |
| George W. Casey, Jr. |
Military |
21-Jul-1948 |
|
US Army Chief of Staff, 2007-11 |
| Mark Clark |
Military |
1-May-1896 |
17-Apr-1984 |
US Army Chief of Staff |
| Jackie Cochran |
Aviator |
11-May-1906 |
9-Aug-1980 |
First woman to break the sound barrier |
| J. Gary Cooper |
Business |
2-Oct-1936 |
|
US Ambassador to Jamaica, 1994-97 |
| Harvey Cushing |
Doctor |
8-Apr-1869 |
7-Oct-1939 |
Cushing's Syndrome |
| Robert Cutler |
Government |
12-Jun-1895 |
8-May-1974 |
1950s National Security Advisor |
| Bud Day |
Activist |
24-Feb-1925 |
|
Former POW |
| James Doolittle |
Aviator |
14-Dec-1896 |
27-Sep-1993 |
Doolittle Raid against Tokyo in 1942 |
| 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 |
| William J. Fallon |
Military |
30-Dec-1944 |
|
C-in-C, US Central Command, 2007-08 |
| Jay Garner |
Military |
15-Apr-1938 |
|
Ex-Director of Reconstruction of Iraq |
| William C. Gorgas |
Doctor |
3-Oct-1854 |
3-Jul-1920 |
Malaria and yellow fever |
| Robert T. Herres |
Military |
12-Jan-1932 |
24-Jul-2008 |
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs, 1987-90 |
| Bruce Herschensohn |
Activist |
10-Sep-1932 |
|
Conservative activist |
| Harry Lloyd Hopkins |
Government |
17-Aug-1890 |
29-Jan-1946 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1938-40 |
| Bobby Ray Inman |
Military |
4-Apr-1931 |
|
Admiral, NSA Director, Deputy CIA Director |
| John M. Keane |
Military |
1-Feb-1943 |
|
US Army Vice Chief of Staff, 1999-2003 |
| Paul X. Kelley |
Military |
11-Nov-1928 |
|
28th USMC Commandant, 1983-87 |
| Richard T. Kennedy |
Diplomat |
24-Dec-1919 |
11-Jan-1998 |
US Ambassador for Nuclear Energy Policy |
| Ernest J. King |
Military |
23-Nov-1878 |
25-Jun-1956 |
Chief of Naval Operations, 1942-45 |
| Charles C. Krulak |
Military |
4-Mar-1942 |
|
US Marine Corps Commandant, 1995-99 |
| Curtis LeMay |
Military |
15-Nov-1906 |
1-Oct-1990 |
USAF General |
| Robert A. Lovett |
Government |
14-Sep-1895 |
7-May-1986 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1951-53 |
| George C. Marshall |
Military |
31-Dec-1880 |
16-Oct-1959 |
US Army Chief of Staff, 1939-45 |
| John J. McCloy |
Military |
31-Mar-1895 |
11-Mar-1989 |
World Bank, Warren Commission |
| Bud McFarlane |
Government |
12-Jul-1937 |
|
Iran-Contra figure |
| Thomas McInerney |
Military |
1937 |
|
Fox News military analyst |
| Robert McNamara |
Government |
9-Jun-1916 |
6-Jul-2009 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1961-68 |
| Montgomery Meigs |
Military |
11-Jan-1945 |
|
Military analyst |
| Billy Mitchell |
Military |
28-Dec-1879 |
19-Feb-1936 |
Proponent of air power |
| Lord Mountbatten |
Military |
25-Jun-1900 |
27-Aug-1979 |
Last Viceroy of India |
| Richard Myers |
Military |
1-Mar-1942 |
|
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2001-05 |
| Lloyd W. Newton |
Military |
26-Jun-1942 |
|
USAF General |
| Joseph S. Nye |
Government |
19-Jan-1937 |
|
Chairman, National Intelligence Council, 1993-94 |
| Grady L. Patterson |
Politician |
13-Jan-1924 |
7-Dec-2009 |
South Carolina Treasurer for 37 years |
| George S. Patton |
Military |
11-Nov-1885 |
21-Dec-1945 |
American WWII Army commander |
| David Petraeus |
Military |
7-Nov-1952 |
|
Director, Central Intelligence Agency |
| Arthur W. Radford |
Military |
27-Feb-1896 |
17-Aug-1973 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1953-57 |
| B. Carroll Reece |
Politician |
22-Dec-1889 |
19-Mar-1961 |
Congressman from Tennessee |
| Eugene C. Renzi |
Military |
16-Dec-1933 |
9-Feb-2008 |
Army Maj. Gen., ManTech VP |
| Wilds Preston Richardson |
Military |
20-Mar-1861 |
20-May-1929 |
Brigadier General, invaded Russia |
| Robert Scales |
Military |
5-Aug-1944 |
|
Military analyst |
| Peter Schoomaker |
Military |
12-Feb-1946 |
|
US Army Chief of Staff, 2003-07 |
| Willard W. Scott, Jr. |
Military |
18-Feb-1926 |
1-Jan-2009 |
Superintendent of West Point, 1981-86 |
| Robert F. Seedlock |
Military |
6-Feb-1913 |
5-May-2004 |
Built the Burma Road in WWII |
| Anna Howard Shaw |
Activist |
14-Feb-1847 |
2-Jul-1919 |
National American Women's Suffrage Association |
| Hugh Shelton |
Military |
2-Jan-1942 |
|
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1997-2001 |
| Eric Shinseki |
Military |
28-Nov-1942 |
|
US Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
| John K. Singlaub |
Military |
10-Jul-1921 |
|
US Army general, CIA operative |
| Raymond A. Spruance |
Military |
3-Jul-1886 |
13-Dec-1969 |
US Navy Admiral during WWII |
| James Stockdale |
Military |
23-Dec-1923 |
5-Jul-2005 |
H. Ross Perot's would-be Vice President |
| Edward M. Straw |
Military |
c. 1939 |
|
Former US Navy Vice Admiral |
| Gordon R. Sullivan |
Military |
25-Sep-1937 |
|
US Army Chief of Staff, 1991-95 |
| Antonio Taguba |
Military |
31-Oct-1950 |
|
Authored Taguba Report on Abu Ghraib |
| Francis X. Taylor |
Government |
? |
|
Counterterrorism envoy, 2001-02 |
| Norman Thagard |
Astronaut |
3-Jul-1943 |
|
Shuttle astronaut |
| William Tunner |
Military |
14-Jul-1906 |
6-Apr-1983 |
Organized the Berlin Airlift |
| Alexander A. Vandegrift |
Military |
13-Mar-1887 |
8-May-1973 |
18th USMC Commandant, 1944-48 |
| Hoyt Vandenberg |
Government |
24-Jan-1899 |
2-Apr-1954 |
CIA Director, 1946-47 |
| George H. Walls, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Retired USMC Brigadier General |
| James Watkins |
Government |
7-Mar-1927 |
26-Jul-2012 |
US Secretary of Energy, 1989-93 |
| Albert C. Wedemeyer |
Military |
9-Jul-1897 |
17-Dec-1989 |
Victory Program |
| William Westmoreland |
Military |
26-Mar-1914 |
18-Jul-2005 |
Commanded US Army in Vietnam War |
| Frederick C. Weyand |
Military |
15-Sep-1916 |
10-Feb-2010 |
US Army Chief of Staff, 1974-76 |
| Herbert O. Yardley |
Scientist |
13-Apr-1889 |
7-Aug-1958 |
U.S. cryptographer during WWI |
| Anthony Zinni |
Military |
17-Sep-1943 |
|
Former C-in-C, U.S. Central Command |
| Hans Zinsser |
Scientist |
17-Nov-1878 |
4-Sep-1940 |
Typhus vaccine |
| Zap Zlatoper |
Military |
c. 1941 |
|
US Navy Admiral (ret.) |
