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Distinguished Service Medal

HONOR

Awarded by the U.S. Army to personnel who perform exceptionally meritorious service in positions of great responsibility. Created in 1918.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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.)


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