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Created in 1918. <p> During WWII, approximately 80,000 Silver Stars were awarded.<p> <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/957/000173438/"><font size=-1>Hugh J. Addonizio</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Jan-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Feb-1981</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Mayor of Newark, 1962-70</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/342/000170829/"><font size=-1>Joseph B. Anderson, Jr.</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>TAG Holdings LLC</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/570/000212931/"><font size=-1>Julius W. Becton, Jr.</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Jun-1926</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>FEMA Director, 1985-89</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/276/000119916/"><font size=-1>Henry Bellmon</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Sep-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Sep-2009</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Governor and Senator from Oklahoma</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/180/000129790/"><font size=-1>Charles E. Bennett</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Dec-1910</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Sep-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman from Florida, 1949-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/813/000170303/"><font size=-1>Walter E. Boomer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Sep-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Retired General, US Marine Corps</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/592/000207968/"><font size=-1>Bill Bowerman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Fitness Guru</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Feb-1911</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Dec-1999</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Track coach, Co-Founder of Nike</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/516/000171003/"><font size=-1>Charles G. Boyd</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Apr-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Retired General, US Air Force</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/737/000031644/"><font size=-1>Omar Bradley</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Feb-1893</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Apr-1981</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Army Chief of Staff</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/246/000088979/"><font size=-1>Neville Brand</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Aug-1920</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1992</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Birdman of Alcatraz</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/591/000172075/"><font size=-1>George S. Brown</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Aug-1918</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Dec-1978</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1974-78</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/030/000025952/"><font size=-1>Wesley Clark</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Dec-1944</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Supreme Allied Commander, 1997-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/048/000031952/"><font size=-1>Max Cleland</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Aug-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Senator from Georgia, 1997-2003</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/304/000036196/"><font size=-1>Duke Cunningham</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Dec-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman from California, 1991-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/175/000116824/"><font size=-1>Martin Dardis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Journalist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1922</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-May-2006</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Followed the Watergate money to Nixon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/379/000172860/"><font size=-1>Bud Day</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Feb-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Former POW</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/596/000115251/"><font size=-1>James Doolittle</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Aviator</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Dec-1896</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Sep-1993</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Doolittle Raid against Tokyo in 1942</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/587/000172071/"><font size=-1>Michael J. Dugan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Feb-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>USAF Chief of Staff, 1990</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/939/000022873/"><font size=-1>Charles Durning</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Feb-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Muppet Movie</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/229/000109899/"><font size=-1>Sam Ervin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Sep-1896</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Apr-1985</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/687/000042561/"><font size=-1>Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Dec-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-May-2000</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Sinbad the Sailor</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/981/000163492/"><font size=-1>Marshall Field IV</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jun-1916</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Sep-1965</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Owner of the <i>Chicago Sun-Times</i>, 1956-65</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/285/000168778/"><font size=-1>Ronald R. Fogleman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Jan-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>USAF Chief of Staff, 1994-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/194/000208567/"><font size=-1>Joe Foss</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Apr-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Jan-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>WWII ace, Governor of South Dakota</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/236/000177702/"><font size=-1>Frederick M. Franks, Jr.</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Retired US Army General</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/115/000120752/"><font size=-1>John J. Gilligan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Mar-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Governor of Ohio, 1971-75</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/699/000206081/"><font size=-1>Harry J. Gray</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Nov-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jul-2009</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>CEO of United Technologies, 1972-86</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/286/000025211/"><font size=-1>Bo Gritz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Jan-1939</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Former Green Beret</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/912/000111579/"><font size=-1>Ed Guthman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Journalist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Aug-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Aug-2008</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Nixon enemy, Pulitzer Prize winner</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/989/000022923/"><font size=-1>Alexander Haig</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Dec-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Feb-2010</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Secretary of State, 1981-82</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/943/000166445/"><font size=-1>Tom Harmon</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Football</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Sep-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Mar-1990</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Winner, 1940 Heisman Trophy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/868/000022802/"><font size=-1>Howell Heflin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Jun-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Mar-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Senator from Alabama, 1979-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/379/000026301/"><font size=-1>Tony Hillerman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-May-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Oct-2008</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Mystery novels set at Navajo reservation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/307/000166806/"><font size=-1>Ralph Houk</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Baseball</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Aug-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Jul-2010</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Former NY Yankees Manager</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/701/000204089/"><font size=-1>Dave Hughes</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Journalist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Electronic bulletin boards</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/062/000023990/"><font size=-1>Lyndon B. Johnson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Head of State</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Aug-1908</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Jan-1973</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>36th US President, 1963-69</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/069/000167565/"><font size=-1>Phil Johnson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Judge</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Justice, Texas Supreme Court</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/407/000039290/"><font size=-1>Sam Johnson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Oct-1930</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman, Texas 3rd</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/863/000215218/"><font size=-1>James L. Jones</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Dec-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US National Security Advisor, 2009-10</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/845/000169338/"><font size=-1>George A. Joulwan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Nov-1939</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Supreme Allied Commander, 1993-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/320/000128933/"><font size=-1>John M. Keane</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Feb-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Army Vice Chief of Staff, 1999-2003</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/759/000167258/"><font size=-1>Barnaby C. Keeney</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Educator</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Oct-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Jun-1980</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President of Brown University, 1955-66</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/512/000053353/"><font size=-1>Paul X. Kelley</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Nov-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>28th USMC Commandant, 1983-87</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/512/000024440/"><font size=-1>John Kerry</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Dec-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Senator from Massachusetts</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/951/000128567/"><font size=-1>Charles C. Krulak</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Marine Corps Commandant, 1995-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/635/000168131/"><font size=-1>William Preston Lane, Jr.</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-May-1892</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Feb-1967</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Governor of Maryland, 1947-51</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/955/000095670/"><font size=-1>Curtis LeMay</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Nov-1906</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Oct-1990</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>USAF General</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/602/000172086/"><font size=-1>Lyman L. Lemnitzer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Aug-1899</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Nov-1988</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Supreme Allied Commander, 1963-69</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/025/000043893/"><font size=-1>Douglas MacArthur</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Jan-1880</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Apr-1964</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>General of the Army</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/414/000173892/"><font size=-1>Torbert H. Macdonald</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Jun-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-May-1976</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1955-76</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/704/000053545/"><font size=-1>George C. Marshall</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Dec-1880</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Oct-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Army Chief of Staff, 1939-45</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/983/000031890/"><font size=-1>Barry McCaffrey</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Nov-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>White House Drug Czar, 1996-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/914/000023845/"><font size=-1>John McCain</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Aug-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Senator from Arizona</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/037/000175509/"><font size=-1>John S. McCain, Jr.</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jan-1911</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Mar-1981</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Admiral, Father of John McCain</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/702/000062516/"><font size=-1>Pete McCloskey</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Sep-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman from California, 1967-83</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/291/000206670/"><font size=-1>Sid McMath</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jun-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Oct-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Governor of Arkansas, 1949-53</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/586/000172070/"><font size=-1>Merrill A. McPeak</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>USAF Chief of Staff, 1990-94</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/599/000172083/"><font size=-1>Thomas H. Moorer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Feb-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Feb-2004</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1970-74</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/004/000127620/"><font size=-1>Robert S. Morrison</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1941</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Vice Chairman of Pepsi, 2003-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/800/000031707/"><font size=-1>Audie Murphy</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Jun-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-May-1971</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>War hero turned cowboy actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/212/000177678/"><font size=-1>Lauris Norstad</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Mar-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Sep-1988</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Supreme Allied Commander, 1956-63</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/498/000024426/"><font size=-1>Oliver North</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Oct-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Perjuring Iran-Contra figure</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/201/000116850/"><font size=-1>Mike O'Callaghan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Sep-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Mar-2004</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Governor of Nevada, 1971-79</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/975/000024903/"><font size=-1>George S. Patton</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Nov-1885</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Dec-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>American WWII Army commander</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/275/000167771/"><font size=-1>Endicott Peabody</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Feb-1920</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Dec-1997</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Governor of Massachusetts, 1963-65</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/253/000171737/"><font size=-1>James B. Peake</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Jun-1944</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Secretary of Veterans Affairs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/896/000092620/"><font size=-1>John J. Pershing</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Sep-1860</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jul-1948</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>General of the Armies of the United States</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/606/000274781/"><font size=-1>Graham Purcell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-May-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Jun-2011</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman from Texas, 1962-73</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/877/000110547/"><font size=-1>Rick Rescorla</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Victim</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-May-1939</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Sep-2001</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Anticipated both WTC attacks, died in 9/11</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/919/000345881/"><font size=-1>Stanley R. Resor</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Dec-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Apr-2012</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Secretary of the Army, 1965-71</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/840/000172324/"><font size=-1>Archie Roosevelt</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Relative</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Apr-1894</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Oct-1979</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Conservative leader against New Deal</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/943/000205328/"><font size=-1>Franklin D. 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Taylor</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1944</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President, Marshall Foundation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/956/000044824/"><font size=-1>Pat Tillman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Nov-1976</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Apr-2004</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>NFL player turned Army Ranger</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/470/000056302/"><font size=-1>Hoyt Vandenberg</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Jan-1899</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Apr-1954</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>CIA Director, 1946-47</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/924/000162438/"><font size=-1>Edwin A. 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