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height="265" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Silver_Star_medal.png 1.5x" data-file-width="169" data-file-height="299" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Personal Valor Decoration</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Awarded for</th><td class="infobox-data">Gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Presented by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">United States Department of the Army</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">United States Department of the Navy</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">United States Department of the Air Force</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security">United States Department of Homeland Security</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Eligibility</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">United States Armed Forces</a> personnel, foreign allied personnel and civilians serving alongside U.S. military personnel in combat</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Currently awarded</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>9 July 1932<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1932-07-09</span>)</span>: Army Citation Star (SS) (Retroactive to 15 April 1861)</li> <li>19 July 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-07-19</span>)</span>: Silver Star Medal</li> <li>7 August 1942: Navy, SSM (Retroactive to 6 December 1941)</li> <li>16 December 1942: Army, SS (Retroactive to 6 December 1941)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">First award</th><td class="infobox-data">August 1932 (WWI Army Silver Star conversion)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg/124px-Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="124" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg/186px-Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg/248px-Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Service_ribbon" class="mw-redirect" title="Service ribbon">Service ribbon</a></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Precedence</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Next (higher)</th><td class="infobox-data">Army: <a href="/wiki/Army_Distinguished_Service_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Distinguished Service Medal">Distinguished Service Medal (Army)</a> <br /> Naval Service: <a href="/wiki/Navy_Distinguished_Service_Medal" title="Navy Distinguished Service Medal">Navy Distinguished Service Medal</a><br /> Air and Space Forces: <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Distinguished_Service_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Distinguished Service Medal">Distinguished Service Medal (Air and Space Forces)</a> <br /> Coast Guard: <a href="/wiki/Coast_Guard_Distinguished_Service_Medal" title="Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal">Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Next (lower)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Defense_Superior_Service_Medal" title="Defense Superior Service Medal">Defense Superior Service Medal</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mullen_Awards_Silver_Star_to_Capt._Ambrosia.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Mullen_Awards_Silver_Star_to_Capt._Ambrosia.JPG/220px-Mullen_Awards_Silver_Star_to_Capt._Ambrosia.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Mullen_Awards_Silver_Star_to_Capt._Ambrosia.JPG/330px-Mullen_Awards_Silver_Star_to_Capt._Ambrosia.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Mullen_Awards_Silver_Star_to_Capt._Ambrosia.JPG/440px-Mullen_Awards_Silver_Star_to_Capt._Ambrosia.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1391" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-3)" title="Captain (United States O-3)">Captain</a> Gregory Ambrosia receiving the Silver Star from <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Admiral_(United_States)" title="Admiral (United States)">Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Mullen" title="Michael Mullen">Michael Mullen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Silver Star Medal</b> (<b>SSM</b>) is the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">United States Armed Forces</a>' third-highest <a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces">military decoration</a> for <a href="/wiki/Courage" title="Courage">valor</a> in combat. The Silver Star Medal is awarded primarily to members of the United States Armed Forces for <a href="/wiki/Courage" title="Courage">gallantry</a> in action against an enemy of the United States. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silver_Star&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Silver Star Medal (SSM)<sup id="cite_ref-DoD1348.33v3_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DoD1348.33v3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the successor award to the <a href="/wiki/Citation_Star" title="Citation Star">Citation Star</a> which was established by an <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress" title="Act of Congress">Act of Congress</a> on 9 July 1918, during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. On 19 July 1932, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_War" title="United States Secretary of War">Secretary of War</a> approved the conversion of the Citation Star to the SSM with the original Citation Star incorporated into the center of the medal. </p><p>Authorization for the Silver Star Medal was placed into law by an Act of Congress for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> on 7 August 1942, and an Act of Congress for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a> on 15 December 1942. The current statutory authorization for the medal is <a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">Title 10 of the United States Code</a>, <a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">10 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/7276">§ 7276</a> for the U.S. Army, <a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">10 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/8294">§ 8294</a> for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps, and <a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">10 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/9276">§ 9276</a> for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force. </p><p>The U.S. Army awards the medal as the "Silver Star". The U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard award the medal as the "Silver Star Medal".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 21 December 2016, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a> (DoD) refers to the decoration as the "Silver Star Medal".<sup id="cite_ref-DoD1348.33v3_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DoD1348.33v3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Award_criteria">Award criteria</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silver_Star&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Award criteria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Silver Star Medal is awarded for gallantry, so long as the action does not justify the award of one of the next higher valor awards: the <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Cross_(United_States)" title="Distinguished Service Cross (United States)">Distinguished Service Cross</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Navy_Cross" title="Navy Cross">Navy Cross</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Cross_(United_States)" title="Air Force Cross (United States)">Air Force Cross</a>, or the <a href="/wiki/Coast_Guard_Cross" title="Coast Guard Cross">Coast Guard Cross</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Section_578.12_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Section_578.12-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The gallantry displayed must have taken place while in action against an enemy of the United States, while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force, or while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party.<sup id="cite_ref-DoD1348.33v3_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DoD1348.33v3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Silver Star Medal is awarded for singular acts of valor or heroism over a brief period, such as one or two days of a battle.<sup id="cite_ref-DoD1348.33v3_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DoD1348.33v3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Air Force pilots and combat systems officers and Navy/Marine Corps naval aviators and flight officers flying fighter aircraft, are often considered eligible to receive the Silver Star upon becoming an <a href="/wiki/Flying_ace" title="Flying ace">ace</a> (i.e., having five or more confirmed aerial kills), which entails the pilot and, in multi-seat fighters, the weapons system officer or radar intercept officer, intentionally and successfully risking his life multiple times under combat conditions and emerging victorious.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, during the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, the last conflict to produce U.S. fighter aces: an Air Force pilot and two navigators/weapon systems officers (who were later retrained as Air Force pilots), a naval aviator and a naval flight officer/radar intercept officer who had achieved this distinction, were eventually awarded the Air Force Cross and Navy Cross, respectively, in addition to SSMs previously awarded for earlier aerial kills.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <dl><dt>Unit award equivalent</dt></dl> <ul><li>Air Force – <a href="/wiki/Gallant_Unit_Citation" title="Gallant Unit Citation">Gallant Unit Citation</a></li> <li>Army – <a href="/wiki/Valorous_Unit_Award" title="Valorous Unit Award">Valorous Unit Award</a></li> <li>Coast Guard – <a href="/wiki/Coast_Guard_Unit_Commendation" title="Coast Guard Unit Commendation">Coast Guard Unit Commendation</a></li> <li>Navy-Marine Corps – <a href="/wiki/Navy_Unit_Commendation" title="Navy Unit Commendation">Navy Unit Commendation</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appearance">Appearance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silver_Star&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Appearance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Silver Star Medal is a gold <a href="/wiki/Five-pointed_star" title="Five-pointed star">five-pointed star</a>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> inches (38 mm) in circumscribing diameter with a <a href="/wiki/Laurel_wreath" title="Laurel wreath">laurel wreath</a> encircling rays from the center and a <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">16</span></span> inch (4.8 mm) diameter silver star superimposed in the center. The pendant is suspended from a rectangular shaped metal loop with rounded corners. The reverse has the inscription <i>FOR GALLANTRY IN ACTION</i>. The ribbon is <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> inches (35 mm) wide and consists of the following stripes: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">7</span>⁄<span class="den">32</span></span> inch (5.6 mm) Old Glory red (center stripe); proceeding outward in pairs <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">7</span>⁄<span class="den">32</span></span> inch (5.6 mm) white; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">7</span>⁄<span class="den">32</span></span> inch (5.6 mm) ultramarine blue; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">64</span></span> inch (1.2 mm) white; and <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">32</span></span> inch (2.4 mm) ultramarine blue.<sup id="cite_ref-tioh_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tioh-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Ribbon devices</dt></dl> <p>Second and subsequent awards of the Silver Star Medal are denoted by bronze or silver <a href="/wiki/Oak_leaf_cluster" title="Oak leaf cluster">oak leaf clusters</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a> and by gold or silver <a href="/wiki/5/16_inch_star" title="5/16 inch star"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">5</span>⁄<span class="den">16</span></span> inch stars</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a>, and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DoD1348.33v3_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DoD1348.33v3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-COMDTINSTM1650.25D_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-COMDTINSTM1650.25D-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recipients">Recipients</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silver_Star&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Recipients"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cheney_Presents_Silver_Star_to_Spc._Monica_Brown.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Cheney_Presents_Silver_Star_to_Spc._Monica_Brown.jpg/220px-Cheney_Presents_Silver_Star_to_Spc._Monica_Brown.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="274" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Cheney_Presents_Silver_Star_to_Spc._Monica_Brown.jpg/330px-Cheney_Presents_Silver_Star_to_Spc._Monica_Brown.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Cheney_Presents_Silver_Star_to_Spc._Monica_Brown.jpg/440px-Cheney_Presents_Silver_Star_to_Spc._Monica_Brown.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1406" data-file-height="1754" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Specialist_(rank)" title="Specialist (rank)">Specialist</a> <a href="/wiki/Monica_Lin_Brown" title="Monica Lin Brown">Monica Lin Brown</a> receives the Silver Star from then-<a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President</a> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Dick Cheney</a>, 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>The Department of Defense does not keep extensive records for the Silver Star Medal. Independent groups estimate that between 100,000 and 150,000 SSMs have been awarded since the decoration was established.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Hackworth" title="David Hackworth">David Hackworth</a> who was awarded ten SSMs while serving in the Army during the Korean War and Vietnam War, is likely to be the person awarded the most SSMs.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(United_States)" title="General of the Army (United States)">General of the Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur" title="Douglas MacArthur">Douglas MacArthur</a> was awarded seven SSMs for his service in France in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> from February to November 1918 as a colonel and then brigadier general. Donald H. Russell, a civilian <a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">Vought F4U Corsair</a> technical support engineer attached to a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a> fighter wing, received the SSM for his actions aboard <a href="/wiki/USS_Franklin_(CV-13)" title="USS Franklin (CV-13)">USS <i>Franklin</i></a> after the carrier was attacked by a Japanese <a href="/wiki/Dive_bomber" title="Dive bomber">dive bomber</a> in March 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the fall of 1944, President Roosevelt's close adviser <a href="/wiki/Harry_Hopkins" title="Harry Hopkins">Harry Hopkins</a>, the U.S. Ambassador in Moscow <a href="/wiki/W._Averell_Harriman" title="W. Averell Harriman">W. Averell Harriman</a> and a military attaché presented the SSM to <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Soviet Red Army</a> artillery officer Alexei Voloshin, who was the first to cross the Dnieper with his battery<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (October 2021)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and was one of four junior Red Army officers who received the award.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Female_recipients">Female recipients</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silver_Star&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Female recipients"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Three Army nurses that served in World War I were cited in 1919 and 1920 with Citation Stars for gallantry in attending to the wounded while under artillery fire in July 1918. In 2007, it was discovered that they had never been awarded their Citation Stars. The three nurses (Army nurses served without rank until 1920) were awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously:<sup id="cite_ref-auto_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Rignel" title="Jane Rignel">Jane Rignel</a> – Mobile Hospital No. 2, <a href="/wiki/42nd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="42nd Infantry Division (United States)">42nd Division</a>, for gallantry in "giving aid to the wounded under heavy fire" in France on 15 July 1918</li> <li>Linnie Leckrone – Shock Team No. 134, Field Hospital No. 127, <a href="/wiki/32nd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="32nd Infantry Division (United States)">32nd Division</a>, for gallantry while "attending to the wounded during an artillery bombardment" in France on 29 July 1918</li> <li>Irene Robar – Shock Team No. 134, Field Hospital No. 127, 32nd Division, for gallantry while "attending to the wounded during an artillery bombardment" in France on 29 July 1918</li></ul> <p>An unknown number of servicewomen received the award in World War II. Four Army nurses serving in Italy during the war—<a href="/wiki/First_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="First Lieutenant">First Lieutenant</a> Mary Roberts, <a href="/wiki/Second_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Lieutenant">Second Lieutenant</a> <a href="/wiki/Elaine_Roe" title="Elaine Roe">Elaine Roe</a>, Second Lieutenant Rita Virginia Rourke, and Second Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Ellen_Ainsworth" title="Ellen Ainsworth">Ellen Ainsworth</a> (posthumous)—became the first women recipients of the Silver Star, all cited for their bravery in evacuating the 33rd Field Hospital at <a href="/wiki/Anzio" title="Anzio">Anzio</a> on 10 February 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-foxnews_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-foxnews-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that same year, Corporal <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Leones" title="Maggie Leones">Maggie Leones</a>, a Filipino who later immigrated to the United States, received the medal for <a href="/wiki/Clandestine_operation" title="Clandestine operation">clandestine</a> activities on <a href="/wiki/Luzon" title="Luzon">Luzon</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as of 2016<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Silver_Star&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, she is the only female Asian to receive a Silver Star.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The next known servicewomen to receive the Silver Star were Army National Guard <a href="/wiki/Sergeant" title="Sergeant">Sergeant</a> <a href="/wiki/Leigh_Ann_Hester" title="Leigh Ann Hester">Leigh Ann Hester</a> in 2005, for gallantry during an insurgent ambush on a convoy in <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a><sup id="cite_ref-foxnews_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-foxnews-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Army <a href="/wiki/Specialist_(rank)" title="Specialist (rank)">Specialist</a> <a href="/wiki/Monica_Lin_Brown" title="Monica Lin Brown">Monica Lin Brown</a> in March 2008, for extraordinary heroism as a <a href="/wiki/Combat_medic" title="Combat medic">combat medic</a> in the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–present)">War in Afghanistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-foxnews_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-foxnews-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 12, 2024, Capt Lacie “Sonic” Hester, <a href="/wiki/494th_Fighter_Squadron" title="494th Fighter Squadron">494th Fighter Squadron</a>, became the first woman airman awarded the Silver Star for her role in the shootdown of more than 80 Iranian drones launched at Israeli cities.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_recipients">Notable recipients</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silver_Star&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notable recipients"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main category: <a href="/wiki/Category:Recipients_of_the_Silver_Star" title="Category:Recipients of the Silver Star">Recipients of the Silver Star</a></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_H._Albers" title="Joseph H. Albers">Joseph H. Albers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_R._Alison" title="John R. Alison">John R. Alison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darr_H._Alkire" title="Darr H. Alkire">Darr H. Alkire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bull_Allen_(soldier)" title="Bull Allen (soldier)">Leslie "Bull" Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_B._Allison" title="Royal B. Allison">Royal B. Allison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_de_la_Mesa_Allen_Sr." title="Terry de la Mesa Allen Sr.">Terry de la Mesa Allen Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_E._Anderson" title="Samuel E. Anderson">Samuel E. Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_L._Austin" title="Bernard L. Austin">Bernard L. Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Austin" title="Lloyd Austin">Lloyd Austin</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Brantley_Aycock" title="William Brantley Aycock">William Brantley Aycock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Badcoe" title="Peter Badcoe">Peter Badcoe</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bahnsen" title="John Bahnsen">John Bahnsen</a> (five awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Baker" title="Vernon Baker">Vernon Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._Barrow" title="Robert H. Barrow">Robert H. Barrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olinto_Barsanti" class="mw-redirect" title="Olinto Barsanti">Olinto Barsanti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Basa" title="César Basa">César Basa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_F._Bauer" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry F. Bauer">Harry F. Bauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_C._Beckham" title="Walter C. Beckham">Walter C. Beckham</a>(four awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Alvin_Beckwith" title="Charles Alvin Beckwith">Charles Alvin Beckwith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Bellavia" title="David Bellavia">David Bellavia</a> (Upgraded to the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> in 2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rafael_Celestino_Ben%C3%ADtez" title="Rafael Celestino Benítez">Rafael Celestino Benítez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Bladin" title="Frank Bladin">Frank Bladin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Ernest_Blakely" title="Everett Ernest Blakely">Everett Ernest Blakely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Blithe" title="Albert Blithe">Albert Blithe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_%22Scrappy%22_Blumer" class="mw-redirect" title="Larry "Scrappy" Blumer">Larry "Scrappy" Blumer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_L._Bolling" title="Royal L. Bolling">Royal L. Bolling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bong" title="Richard Bong">Richard Bong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Boesch" title="Paul Boesch">Paul Boesch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Godfrey_Brackett" class="mw-redirect" title="Bruce Godfrey Brackett">Bruce Godfrey Brackett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omar_Bradley" title="Omar Bradley">Omar Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roland_L._Bragg" title="Roland L. Bragg">Roland L. Bragg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neville_Brand" title="Neville Brand">Neville Brand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_L._Britt" class="mw-redirect" title="Maurice L. Britt">Maurice L. Britt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monica_Lin_Brown" title="Monica Lin Brown">Monica Lin Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubert_Buchanan" title="Hubert Buchanan">Hubert Buchanan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_H._Bucklew" title="Phil H. Bucklew">Phil H. Bucklew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arleigh_Burke" title="Arleigh Burke">Arleigh Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jess_Cain" title="Jess Cain">Jess Cain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modesto_Cartagena" title="Modesto Cartagena">Modesto Cartagena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alwyn_Cashe" title="Alwyn Cashe">Alwyn Cashe</a> (Upgraded to the Medal of Honor in 2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Checketts" title="Johnny Checketts">Johnny Checketts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llewellyn_Chilson" title="Llewellyn Chilson">Llewellyn Chilson</a> (three awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_A._Christian" title="David A. Christian">David Christian</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nestor_Chylak" title="Nestor Chylak">Nestor Chylak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesley_Clark" title="Wesley Clark">Wesley Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Cleland" title="Max Cleland">Max Cleland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Compton" title="Lynn Compton">Lynn Compton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garlin_Murl_Conner" title="Garlin Murl Conner">Garlin Murl Conner</a> (four awards)<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Thomas_Corley" title="John Thomas Corley">John Thomas Corley</a> (eight awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_%22Ace%22_Cozzalio" class="mw-redirect" title="Alan "Ace" Cozzalio">Alan "Ace" Cozzalio</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Cukela" title="Louis Cukela">Louis Cukela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Cullerton" title="William J. Cullerton">William J. Cullerton</a><sup id="cite_ref-mtimes_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mtimes-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_M._Davenport" title="Roy M. Davenport">Roy M. Davenport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_C%C3%A9sar_Cordero_D%C3%A1vila" title="Juan César Cordero Dávila">Juan César Cordero Dávila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_O._Davis_Jr." title="Benjamin O. Davis Jr.">Benjamin O. Davis Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Davis_(U.S._Marine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ray Davis (U.S. Marine)">Ray Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_W._Dillard" title="Oliver W. Dillard">Oliver W. Dillard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_H._Doolittle" class="mw-redirect" title="James H. Doolittle">James H. Doolittle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_A._Downing" title="Wayne A. Downing">Wayne A. Downing</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_A._Drum" class="mw-redirect" title="Hugh A. Drum">Hugh A. Drum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_S._Duran" title="Jesus S. Duran">Jesus S. Duran</a> (upgraded to the Medal of Honor, 2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Durning" title="Charles Durning">Charles Durning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graves_B._Erskine" title="Graves B. Erskine">Graves B. Erskine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Fairbanks_Jr." title="Douglas Fairbanks Jr.">Douglas Fairbanks Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_A._Farinholt" title="Joseph A. Farinholt">Joseph A. Farinholt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Cheney_Ferris" title="Geoffrey Cheney Ferris">Geoffrey Cheney Ferris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Francis_Fisher" class="mw-redirect" title="Bernard Francis Fisher">Bernard Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Fisk" title="Wayne Fisk">Wayne Fisk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_H._Foery" title="Martin H. Foery">Martin H. Foery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Fogleman" title="Ronald Fogleman">Ronald Fogleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Foss" title="John W. Foss">John W. Foss</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayhew_Foster" title="Mayhew Foster">Mayhew Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Gabaldon" title="Guy Gabaldon">Guy Gabaldon</a> (upgraded to the Navy Cross, 1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Gambacorta" title="Francis Gambacorta">Francis Gambacorta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_M._Gavin" title="James M. Gavin">James M. Gavin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hobart_R._Gay" title="Hobart R. Gay">Hobart R. Gay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerauld_R._Gentry" title="Jerauld R. Gentry">Jerauld R. Gentry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_J._Gilligan" title="John J. Gilligan">John J. Gilligan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luigi_Giorgi_(soldier)" title="Luigi Giorgi (soldier)">Luigi Giorgi</a> (Italian serviceman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathew_L._Golsteyn" title="Mathew L. Golsteyn">Mathew L. Golsteyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Goode" title="John W. Goode">John W. Goode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_E._Grange_Jr." title="David E. Grange Jr.">David E. Grange Jr.</a> (three awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_L._Grange" title="David L. Grange">David L. Grange</a> (three awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hercules_Green" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Hercules Green">Charles H. Green</a> (Cdr, <a href="/wiki/3rd_Battalion,_Royal_Australian_Regiment" title="3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment">3rd Bn, RAR</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Campbell_Greenway" title="John Campbell Greenway">John Campbell Greenway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Guarnere" title="William Guarnere">William Guarnere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Guthman" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Guthman">Ed Guthman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horatio_B._Hackett" title="Horatio B. Hackett">Horatio B. Hackett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hackworth" title="David Hackworth">David Hackworth</a> (ten awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_William_Hadley" class="mw-redirect" title="Hugh William Hadley">Hugh William Hadley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Haig" title="Alexander Haig">Alexander Haig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Haldane" title="Andrew Haldane">Andrew Haldane</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Halperin" title="Robert Halperin">Robert Halperin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iceal_Hambleton" title="Iceal Hambleton">Iceal Hambleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_C._Harding" title="James C. Harding">James C. Harding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Harllee_(admiral)" title="John Harllee (admiral)">John Harllee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Harmon" title="Tom Harmon">Tom Harmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Harvey" title="Raymond Harvey">Raymond Harvey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock" title="Carlos Hathcock">Carlos Hathcock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vern_Haugland" class="mw-redirect" title="Vern Haugland">Vern Haugland</a> (first civilian award)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling_Hayden" title="Sterling Hayden">Sterling Hayden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_D._Hermle" title="Leo D. Hermle">Leo D. Hermle</a> (three awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diego_E._Hern%C3%A1ndez" title="Diego E. Hernández">Diego E. Hernández</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leigh_Ann_Hester" title="Leigh Ann Hester">Leigh Ann Hester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifford_B._Hicks" title="Clifford B. Hicks">Clifford B. Hicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Taro_Higa" title="Thomas Taro Higa">Thomas Taro Higa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lee_%22Tex%22_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="David Lee "Tex" Hill">David Lee "Tex" Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hillerman" title="Tony Hillerman">Tony Hillerman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucius_Roy_Holbrook" title="Lucius Roy Holbrook">Lucius Roy Holbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Pai%27ea_Chung-Hoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon">Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Hooper_(soldier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Hooper (soldier)">Joe R. Hooper</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Howard" title="Robert L. Howard">Robert L. Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifton_James" title="Clifton James">Clifton James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean,_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg" title="Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg">Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Johnson_(judge)" title="Phil Johnson (judge)">Phil Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Johnson" title="Sam Johnson">Sam Johnson</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_L._Jones" title="James L. Jones">James L. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Taggart_Kerr" title="James Taggart Kerr">James Taggart Kerr</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonny_Kim" title="Jonny Kim">Jonny Kim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kingston" title="Robert Kingston">Robert Kingston</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger" title="Joseph Kittinger">Joseph Kittinger</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_C._Krulak" title="Charles C. Krulak">Charles C. Krulak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Kyle" title="Chris Kyle">Chris Kyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Louis_Larsen" title="Henry Louis Larsen">Henry Louis Larsen</a> (three awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Lear" title="Ben Lear">Ben Lear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._H._Lee" title="John C. H. Lee">John C. H. Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Chew-Een_Lee" title="Kurt Chew-Een Lee">Kurt Chew-Een Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homer_Litzenberg" title="Homer Litzenberg">Homer Litzenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliott_Loughlin" title="Elliott Loughlin">Elliott Loughlin</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur" title="Douglas MacArthur">Douglas MacArthur</a> (seven awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Maghakian" title="Victor Maghakian">Victor Maghakian</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_K._Mahaffey" title="Fred K. Mahaffey">Fred K. Mahaffey</a> (three awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peyton_C._March" title="Peyton C. March">Peyton C. March</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Marcinko" title="Richard Marcinko">Richard Marcinko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Marshall" class="mw-redirect" title="George Marshall">George Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Marshall_(American_general)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Marshall (American general)">Richard Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_McCaffrey" title="Barry McCaffrey">Barry McCaffrey</a> (two awards)<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Roy_McGregor_(admiral)" title="Rob Roy McGregor (admiral)">Rob Roy McGregor</a> (three awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H.R._McMaster" class="mw-redirect" title="H.R. McMaster">Herbert Raymond "H.R." McMaster</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sid_McMath" title="Sid McMath">Sid McMath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McNulty_(U.S._Marine_Corps)" title="John McNulty (U.S. Marine Corps)">John McNulty</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._McNulty" title="William A. McNulty">William A. McNulty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_K._MacNulty" title="William K. MacNulty">William K. MacNulty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrill_A._McPeak" class="mw-redirect" title="Merrill A. McPeak">Merrill A. McPeak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_B._McVay_III" title="Charles B. McVay III">Charles B. McVay III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_J._Meadows" title="Richard J. Meadows">Richard J. Meadows</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Melikian" title="Ray Melikian">Ray Melikian</a> (three awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Mellard" title="Robert Mellard">Robert Mellard</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_L._Melson" title="Charles L. Melson">Charles L. Melson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_J._Miller" title="Daniel J. Miller">Daniel J. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_A._Monsoor" title="Michael A. Monsoor">Michael A. Monsoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Montgomery" title="Cliff Montgomery">Cliff Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audie_Murphy" title="Audie Murphy">Audie Murphy</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_P._Murphy" title="Michael P. Murphy">Michael P. Murphy</a> (upgraded to MOH)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Murray" title="Raymond Murray">Raymond Murray</a> (four awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bismarck_Myrick" title="Bismarck Myrick">Bismarck Myrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_North" title="Oliver North">Oliver North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Ringling_North" title="Henry Ringling North">Henry Ringling North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levi_Oakes" title="Levi Oakes">Levi Oakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_O%27Callaghan" title="Mike O'Callaghan">Mike O'Callaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_T._Olson" title="Eric T. Olson">Eric T. Olson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorge_Otero_Barreto" title="Jorge Otero Barreto">Jorge Otero Barreto</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Oufkir" title="Mohamed Oufkir">Mohamed Oufkir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Earl_Parrish" title="Roy Earl Parrish">Roy Earl Parrish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moultrie_Patten" title="Moultrie Patten">Moultrie Patten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_S._Patton" title="George S. Patton">George S. Patton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Patton_IV" title="George Patton IV">George Patton IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Payne" title="Keith Payne">Keith Payne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endicott_Peabody" title="Endicott Peabody">Endicott Peabody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_J._Pershing" title="John J. Pershing">John J. Pershing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basil_L._Plumley" title="Basil L. Plumley">Basil L. Plumley</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pascal_Poolaw" title="Pascal Poolaw">Pascal Poolaw</a> (four awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Popaditch" title="Nick Popaditch">Nick Popaditch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_C._Portmann" title="Milton C. Portmann">Milton C. Portmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_E._Potter" title="Charles E. Potter">Charles E. Potter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geronimo_Pratt" title="Geronimo Pratt">Geronimo Pratt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Prince" title="Tommy Prince">Tommy Prince</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Gary_Powers" title="Francis Gary Powers">Francis Gary Powers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Puckett" title="Ralph Puckett">Ralph Puckett</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesty_Puller" title="Chesty Puller">Chesty Puller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Burwell_Puller_Jr." title="Lewis Burwell Puller Jr.">Lewis Burwell Puller Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agust%C3%ADn_Ramos_Calero" title="Agustín Ramos Calero">Agustín Ramos Calero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Wilson_Quinn" title="William Wilson Quinn">William Wilson Quinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_F._Rector" title="Edward F. Rector">Edward F. Rector</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_C._Reich" title="Stephen C. Reich">Stephen C. Reich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Rescorla" title="Rick Rescorla">Rick Rescorla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Rheault" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert B. Rheault">Robert B. Rheault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_W._Richter" title="Karl W. Richter">Karl W. Richter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Ridgway" title="Matthew Ridgway">Matthew Ridgway</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Balinas" title="Antonio Rodríguez Balinas">Antonio Rodríguez Balinas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Rodriguez_(soldier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pedro Rodriguez (soldier)">Pedro Rodriguez</a> (two awards)<sup id="cite_ref-Williams_2004_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williams_2004-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rosenthal_(USAF)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Rosenthal (USAF)">Robert Rosenthal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barney_Ross" title="Barney Ross">Barney Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_N._Rowe" title="James N. Rowe">James N. Rowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Rutan" title="Dick Rutan">Dick Rutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfredo_M._Santos" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfredo M. Santos">Alfredo M. Santos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Saunders" title="Paul Saunders">Paul Saunders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Schrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Harold Schrier">Harold Schrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_T._Schroeder" title="Leonard T. Schroeder">Leonard T. Schroeder Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Lee_Scott_Jr." title="Robert Lee Scott Jr.">Robert L. Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Self" title="Nate Self">Nate Self</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_D._Simons" title="Arthur D. Simons">Arthur D. Simons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodger_W._Simpson" title="Rodger W. Simpson">Rodger W. Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Schwarzkopf_Jr." title="Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.">H. Norman Schwarzkopf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Schwartzwalder" title="Ben Schwartzwalder">Ben Schwartzwalder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Shachnow" title="Sidney Shachnow">Sidney Shachnow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Bradford_Smith" title="Charles Bradford Smith">Charles Bradford Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_W._Smith" title="Frederick W. Smith">Frederick W. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Prince_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Oliver Prince Smith">Oliver Prince Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Speirs" title="Ronald Speirs">Ronald Speirs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_G._Stahl" title="Michael G. Stahl">Michael G. Stahl</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Stann" title="Brian Stann">Brian Stann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Stockdale" title="James Stockdale">James Stockdale</a> (four awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_L._Street_III" title="George L. Street III">George L. Street III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_D._Sturgis_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel D. Sturgis Jr.">Samuel D. Sturgis Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_K._Sutherland" title="Richard K. Sutherland">Richard K. Sutherland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Tigue" title="Thomas Tigue">Thomas Tigue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Tilghman" title="Richard Tilghman">Richard Tilghman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Tillman" title="Pat Tillman">Pat Tillman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Thomas" title="Michel Thomas">Michel Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_James_Thompson" title="Floyd James Thompson">Floyd James Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_F._Train" title="William F. Train">William F. Train II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Urban" title="Matt Urban">Matt Urban</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Van_Fleet" title="James Van Fleet">James Van Fleet</a> (three awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_K._Van_Riper" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul K. Van Riper">Paul K. Van Riper</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humbert_Roque_Versace" title="Humbert Roque Versace">Humbert Roque Versace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Walsh_(physician)" title="Nicolas Walsh (physician)">Nicolas Walsh</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_T._Walton" title="John T. Walton">John T. Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rawleigh_Warner_Jr." title="Rawleigh Warner Jr.">Rawleigh Warner Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Waugh" title="Billy Waugh">Billy Waugh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Webb" title="Jim Webb">Jim Webb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haskell_Wexler" title="Haskell Wexler">Haskell Wexler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Wheatley" title="Kevin Wheatley">Kevin Wheatley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Wheeler" title="Joshua Wheeler">Joshua Wheeler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Willeford" title="Charles Willeford">Charles Willeford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_E._Williams" title="James E. Williams">James E. Williams</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royce_Williams" title="Royce Williams">Royce Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jocko_Willink" title="Jocko Willink">Jocko Willink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_H._Winters_Jr." title="Theodore H. Winters Jr.">Theodore H. Winters Jr.</a> (three awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerauld_Wright" title="Jerauld Wright">Jerauld Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tahsin_Yaz%C4%B1c%C4%B1" title="Tahsin Yazıcı">Tahsin Yazıcı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Yeager" title="Chuck Yeager">Chuck Yeager</a> (two awards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elton_Younger" title="Elton Younger">Elton Younger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_C._Zapanta" title="Albert C. Zapanta">Albert C. Zapanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A._Zembiec" title="Douglas A. Zembiec">Douglas A. 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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Vietnam_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/35px-Vietnam_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Vietnam_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/53px-Vietnam_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Vietnam_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/70px-Vietnam_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_Service_Medal" title="Vietnam Service Medal">Vietnam Service</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Southwest_Asia_Service_Medal_ribbon_(1991%E2%80%932016).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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