What Is The Us Army Distinguished Service Badge

United States Army service cross medal

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Distinguished Service Cantankerous

Type	Service cross medal
Awarded for	Extraordinary heroism in combat
Presented past	United States Section of the Regular army^[1]
Eligibility	United States Army soldiers
Status	Currently awarded
First awarded	2 Jan 1918
Total	13,462^[2]

Service Ribbon (higher up) Obverse of the original cross & Reverse of current cantankerous (below)

Precedence
Next (college)	Medal of Honor
Equivalent	Navy and Marine Corps: Navy Cross Air Force and Space Force: Air Force Cross Coast Guard: Coast Guard Cross Unit award: Presidential Unit Citation Civilian: Secretary of Defence Medal for Valor^[iii]
Next (lower)	Department of Defence force: Defense Distinguished Service Medal Section of Homeland Security: Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal

The Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) is the United States Army's second highest war machine decoration for soldiers who display extraordinary heroism in combat with an armed enemy forcefulness. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a loftier degree that they are above those required for all other U.S. combat decorations, merely which do not run into the criteria for the Medal of Honor. The Army Distinguished Service Cross is equivalent to the Navy and Marine Corps' Navy Cross, the Air Force and Space Force's Air Strength Cross, and the Coast Baby-sit Cross. Prior to the creation of the Air Strength Cross in 1960, airmen were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

The Distinguished Service Cross was first awarded during World State of war I. In addition, a number of awards were bestowed for deportment which took identify before World War I. In many cases, the medal was awarded to soldiers who had received a Certificate of Merit for gallantry; at the time, this certificate was the merely other honor for gallantry the Army could present to combatants in lieu of a Medal of Honor. Others were furnished in belated recognition of actions which occurred in the Philippine–American War, during the Boxer Rebellion, and Pancho Villa Expedition.

The Distinguished Service Cantankerous is distinct from the Distinguished Service Medal, which is awarded to Regular army soldiers in recognition of uncommonly meritorious service to the government of the United States in a duty of great responsibility. The Distinguished Service Cross is but awarded for actions in combat, while the Distinguished Service Medal has no such brake.

Description [edit]

A cross of bronze, ii inches (5.1 cm) high and i+ 13⁄sixteen inches (46 mm) broad with an eagle on the centre and a scroll beneath the eagle bearing the inscription "FOR VALOR". On the opposite side, the center of the cross is circled by a wreath with a infinite for engraving the proper noun of the recipient.

Service ribbon [edit]

The service ribbon is 1+ 3⁄8 inches (35 mm) wide and consists of the following stripes:

1⁄viii inch (3.2 mm) Old Celebrity Ruby-red 67156;
1⁄16 inch (1.6 mm) White 67101;
1 inch (25 mm) Majestic Bluish 67175;
ane⁄xvi inch (1.6 mm) White;
1⁄eight inch (3.ii mm) Old Glory Reddish.

Criteria [edit]

The Distinguished Service Cross is awarded to a person who, while serving in whatsoever capacity with the Army (or in the Air Strength, before 1960), distinguishes themselves by extraordinary heroism not justifying the award of a Medal of Award; while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States; while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing/foreign forcefulness; or while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the The states is not a belligerent party. The act or acts of heroism must have been and so notable and have involved risk of life so extraordinary as to fix the individual apart from their comrades.^[iv]

Components [edit]

The following are authorized components of the Distinguished Service Cross:

Decoration (regular size): MIL-D-3943/4. NSN 8455-00-269-5745 for ornament set. NSN 8455-00-246-3827 for private replacement medal.
Ornamentation (miniature size): MIL-D-3943/four. NSN 8455-00-996-50007.
Ribbon: MIL-R-11589/l. NSN 8455-00-252-9919.
Lapel Button (a colored enameled replica of service ribbon): MIL-50-11484/1. NSN 8455-00-253-0808.

Additional awards of the Regular army Distinguished Service Cross are denoted with oak leaf clusters.

Background [edit]

The Distinguished Service Cross was established by President Woodrow Wilson on January 2, 1918. General John J. Pershing, Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Forces in France, had recommended that recognition other than the Medal of Honor be authorized for the United States Army for valorous service rendered in like manner to that awarded by the European Armies. The request for the establishment of the medal was forwarded from the Secretary of War to the President in a alphabetic character dated December 28, 1917. The Act of Congress establishing this honor (193-65th Congress), dated July ix, 1918, is contained in x U.S.C. § 3742. The establishment of the Distinguished Service Cantankerous was promulgated in War Department General Order No. half-dozen, dated January 12, 1918.^[5]

The first mode of the Distinguished Service Cross was designed by Captain Aymar E. Embury II, Engineers Officer Reserve Corps, and World State of war I artist Lieutenant J. Andre Smith.^[v] ^[half-dozen] The first medals were struck by the United States Mint from a sculpture past Gaetano Cecere, who went on to design the Soldier'south Medal.^[6] It was decided that modest changes were needed to make the medal more attractive.^[five] In light of the urgency in supplying the decorations to General Pershing, the first one hundred medals were struck from the original design. They were sent on the understanding that replacements in the 2d design (also numbered from ane to 100) would be provided in one case they were available.^[5] Embury fabricated the modifications with the plaster model for the second (and electric current) version made by John R. Sinnock, who also sculpted various other medals, including the Imperial Centre.^[six]

Ground forces Regulation (AR) 670-1, governing the wear and appearance of army uniforms and insignia,^[7] and its associated guide^[8] specify that the Distinguished Service Cantankerous appears second in the order of precedence of U.S. military decorations, preceded only past the Medal of Honour. Policy for awards, approving say-so, supply, and effect of decorations is contained in AR 600-viii-22.^[9] 10 United statesC. § 3991 provides for a 10% increase in retired pay for enlisted personnel who accept been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and retired with more than than 20 years of service.

Awarding history [edit]

World War I [edit]

Major General Hanson Edward Ely, commanding the 5th Division, pinning the Distinguished Service Cross on Captain Howard R. MacAdams of the 5th Segmentation'south 7th Engineer Regiment, Esch, Grand duchy of luxembourg, December 30, 1918.

During Earth War I, half dozen,309 awards of the Distinguished Service Cross were fabricated to half-dozen,185 recipients. Several dozen Army soldiers, as well as eight marines and two French Army officers, received two Distinguished Service Crosses.

A handful, mostly Usa Army Air Service aviators, were busy three or more than times. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, the summit U.S. ace of the state of war, was awarded a tape eight Distinguished Service Crosses, one of which was afterward upgraded to the Medal of Accolade, while flying with the 94th Aero Squadron. Fellow aviators Captain Douglas Campbell, likewise of the 94th, and First Lieutenant Frank O'Driscoll "Monk" Hunter of the 103rd Aero Squadron each received five. Another 94th aviator, Major Reed McKinley Chambers, was awarded four Distinguished Service Crosses. Iii aviators received three Distinguished Service Crosses – Starting time Lieutenant Murray G. Guthrie of the 13th Aero Squadron, First Lieutenant Ralph A. O'Neill of the 147th Aero Squadron, and Glen A. Preston,^[10] an aerial ascertainment airplane pilot with the 99th Aero Squadron. Among other prominent aviators were Brigadier General Billy Mitchell, the Master of Air Service of the American Expeditionary Forcefulness; 2nd Lieutenant Frank Luke of the 27th Aero Squadron, who was honored with the Medal of Honor and ii Distinguished Service Crosses; and Sumner Sewall of the 95th Aero Squadron, recipient of two Distinguished Service Crosses, who served every bit Governor of Maine from 1941 to 1945. Edward Peck Curtis, also of the 95th Aero Squadron received the Distinguished Service Cross equally a beginning lieutenant.

Colonel John H. Parker, the commander of the 102nd Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, was the only ground soldier in Globe War I to receive four Distinguished Service Crosses. First Lieutenant Oscar B. Nelson of the 168th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Division, was honored iii times, the third award being posthumous.^[11]

Several men who had previously received the Medal of Honor received the Distinguished Service Cross in World War I. Most notable of these was Marine Corps fable, Sergeant Major Daniel Daly, who was twice busy with the Medal of Accolade, and who received the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism as First Sergeant of the 73rd Company, Sixth Marine Regiment, during the Battle of Belleau Forest in June 1918. Colonel Charles Evans Kilbourne, Jr., who received the Medal of Award in the Philippine Insurrection, was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross as chief of staff of the 89th Division. Get-go Lieutenant James B. McConnell, besides decorated with the Medal of Honor for actions in the Philippines every bit a private with the 33rd Infantry, received the Distinguished Service Cantankerous posthumously as a showtime lieutenant with the quaternary Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division.

Marine Corps Colonel Hiram I. Bearss, recipient of the Medal of Laurels in the Philippines, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross while fastened to the 102nd Infantry Regiment, 26th Division. Marine Gunner Henry L. Hulbert, also a recipient of the Navy Medal of Accolade in the Philippines, received the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery while serving with the fifth Marine Regiment during the Battle of Belleau Wood. Spanish–American War Medal of Honor recipient John H. Quick also received the Distinguished Service Cross at Belleau Wood as Sergeant Major of the Sixth Marine Regiment.

Likewise Rickenbacker, several men received both the Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service Cross during World War I. Navy recipients were John Henry Balch, a U.South. Navy Pharmacist'due south Mate, and Joel T. Boone, a U.S. Navy Lieutenant (Medical Corps), both attached to the Sixth Marine Regiment. Army recipients were Private Daniel R. Edwards of the 3rd Auto-Gun Battalion, 1st Division, Colonel William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan of the 165th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Partitioning, and Second Lieutenant Samuel I. Parker of the 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division.

Two recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross during World State of war I went on to earn the Medal of Honour in Globe War Ii – Major (later Brigadier General) Theodore Roosevelt Jr. of the 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, son of the former president, and Brigadier General (later Full general of the Regular army) Douglas MacArthur of the 42nd Division. Other recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross in Earth State of war I who went on to acclamation in Earth State of war II include George S. Patton, Jr. and Carl Spaatz.

Amongst other prominent recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross during World State of war I were Brigadier General John Fifty. Hines, decorated as commanding full general of the 1st Brigade, 1st Sectionalization, and Major General Charles Pelot Summerall, decorated as commanding full general of the 1st Division, who both went on to serve as Chief of Staff of the United States Army. Private Sam Ervin of the 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, went on to serve as a U.s. Senator from the state of N Carolina. Major Dwight F. Davis, decorated as Assistant Chief of Staff of the 69th Infantry Brigade, 35th Division, founded the Davis Cup international tennis competition and served as United States Secretarial assistant of State of war in the Coolidge Administration. Begetter John B. DeValles, chaplain (first lieutenant), known every bit the Angel of the Trenches for administering to the needs of both Allied and German soldiers. He founded the commencement Portuguese parochial school at the Espirito Santo Church in Autumn River, Massachusetts. B. Caroll Reece, decorated as a Start Lieutenant with the 102nd Infantry Regiment, 26th Segmentation, went on to represent the state of Tennessee in the U.s. House of Representatives for a total of 17 terms. Twenty one African American soldiers from the 370th Infantry Regiment received the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) for action in both the Meuse–Argonne and Oise–Aisne campaigns.^[12]

Betwixt the World Wars [edit]

In the immediate aftermath of World State of war I, 62 awards were made for actions in N Russia and Siberia during the Russian Civil War. Besides, approximately 132 retroactive awards were made for actions in previous conflicts, including the Indian Wars, the Spanish–American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Boxer Rebellion, and the Mexican border conflicts. Fifteen soldiers previously awarded Certificates of Merit for non-combat gallantry betwixt 1899 and 1917 were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

Prominent amongst mail service-World War I Distinguished Service Cross recipients for acts before that war was Full general J. Franklin Bell, Main of Staff of the Army from 1906 to 1910. A recipient of the Medal of Honor during the Philippine Coup, in 1925 he was awarded a Distinguished Service Cantankerous for bravery in the Spanish–American War in 1898. In 1920, Full general Peyton C. March, and so serving as Primary of Staff of the Army, was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross for bravery in the Philippines during the Spanish–American War when he was a 1st lieutenant. March's successor, General of the Armies John J. Pershing, received a Distinguished Service Cross in 1941 for bravery during the Philippine Insurrection. Second Lieutenant Gordon Johnston and Corporal Arthur G. Ferguson, both Medal of Accolade recipients for the Philippine Insurrection, were too awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for other acts of bravery in the Philippines. Future Governor of American Samoa Otto Dowling received the cantankerous for displaying bravery while responding to a fire at Lake Kingdom of denmark Pulverization Depot, which he commanded at the time.^[thirteen]

Amongst the recipients of the Distinguished Service Cantankerous for Siberia and North Russian federation were Robert Fifty. Eichelberger, who would earn a 2d medal in World War II, and Sidney C. Graves, who had previously received a Distinguished Service Cantankerous in World War I.^[xiv]

World State of war II [edit]

During Globe State of war Ii, simply over 5,000 awards were fabricated. Army Air Forces Lieutenant Colonel John C. Meyer, Major General James A. Van Fleet, and Master Sergeant Llewellyn Chilson were 3-fourth dimension recipients. Jeannette Guyot and Virginia Hall were the only two women to receive the award.^[15] ^[16]

A number of recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross in earlier conflicts were once more honored in Globe War II. Chester Hirschfelder, who as a captain with the 5th Machine Gun Battalion, 2nd Infantry Partition, had received his first Distinguished Service Cross in 1918, received ii more in 1944 every bit a colonel commanding the 9th Infantry Regiment of that same segmentation.^[17] Iii recipients of 2 Distinguished Service Crosses in Earth War I – Douglas MacArthur, Hanford MacNider and Harry H. Semmes – received their 3rd in World War II. A handful of men who had received the Distinguished Service Cross in World War I received a second in World State of war Ii. Amongst these were George Southward. Patton Jr., whose second Distinguished Service Cross came as commanding general of the Seventh Army in Sicily, and Fred L. Walker, commander of the U.S. 36th Infantry Division in the breakout from Anzio and advance on Rome. Lieutenant General Robert L. Eichelberger, whose starting time Distinguished Service Cross was awarded for valor in Siberia in 1919, received a 2d for valor in New Guinea in the Buna campaign of 1942–43.

A little over fifty soldiers (and 1 sailor) received 2 Distinguished Service Crosses in World War Ii. The crewman was John D. Bulkeley, who as well received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cantankerous and was one of the virtually highly decorated Americans of Globe War Two. Among Regular army recipients of two Distinguished Service Crosses were Creighton Westward. Abrams, Jr., later the Chief of Staff of the Army, William O. Darby, one of the fathers of the U.South. Army Rangers, and Robert T. Frederick, commander of the U.S-Canadian 1st Special Service Force. Six men of the 82nd Airborne Division received two Distinguished Service Crosses: Charles Billingslea,^[eighteen] James M. Gavin, Arthur F. Gorham, Matthew B. Ridgway, Reuben Henry Tucker Three and Benjamin H. Vandervoort. Several fighter aces too received two Distinguished Service Crosses, including Donald Blakeslee, Paul P. Douglas Jr., William E. Dyess, Dominic "Don" Gentile, Gerald R. Johnson, Charles "Mac" MacDonald, James B. Morehead, Jay T. "Cock" Robbins, David C. Schilling, William T. Whisner Jr. and Ray South. Wetmore. Bomber airplane pilot Richard H. Carmichael also received two Distinguished Service Crosses.

The commander of Like shooting fish in a barrel Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.Due south. 101st Airborne Sectionalization, Richard Winters, received a Distinguished Service Cross for his role in the assault on Brecourt Manor on D-Day; a member of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S. 101st Airborne Division, Harrison C. Summers received a Distinguished Service Cross for his role on the assault to capture a building complex nearby designated "WXYZ" on the field order map.

During World War Two, twelve soldiers, iii airmen, and two sailors received both the Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service Cross: from the Army, Bernard P. Bong, Maurice L. "Footsie" Britt, Herbert H. Burr, Leonard A. Funk, Gerry H. Kisters, James M. Logan, George L. Mabry, Jr., Douglas MacArthur, Audie Fifty. Murphy, Junior J. Spurrier, Jack L. Treadwell and Jonathan M. Wainwright; from the Ground forces Air Forces, Richard I. Bong, Horace S. Carswell, Jr. and Thomas B. McGuire, Jr.; and from the Navy, John D. Bulkeley and Samuel D. Dealey (who also received four Navy Crosses). One World State of war Two Distinguished Service Cantankerous recipient, Raymond Harvey, would earn the Medal of Award in the Korean War.^[19]

General Paul W. Tibbets, commander of the 509th Composite Group (509 CG), was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by General Spaatz for piloting the Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortress plane which dropped the showtime nuclear bomb on Hiroshima.^[20] ^[21]

Korean War [edit]

In the Korean War, in that location were just over 800 awards, of which over 300 were posthumous.

Lloyd L. "Scooter" Burke, a lieutenant with the 1st Cavalry Division, Benjamin F. Wilson, a master sergeant with the 7th Infantry Segmentation, Lewis Millett, a captain with the 27th Infantry Regiment and Air Strength fighter ace George A. Davis, Jr., each earned both the Medal of Award and the Distinguished Service Cantankerous in Korea.

Colonel Arthur Champeny, previously decorated for bravery at Saint-Mihiel in September 1918 and a second time at Santa Maria Infante, Italy in May 1944, received a third Distinguished Service Cross in September 1950. Fighter pilot William T. Whisner, recipient of two Distinguished Service Crosses in World War Two, was awarded a third in Korea.

X Earth War Two recipients received a second Distinguished Service Cross in Korea. Amidst these were John T. Corley, whose first Distinguished Service Cantankerous was earned in North Africa in March 1943 with the 1st Infantry Division and whose second was earned in August 1950 with the 25th Infantry Division, Hobart R. Gay, whose first Distinguished Service Cross was earned in 1944 as Principal of Staff of George S. Patton's Tertiary Ground forces and whose 2d was earned in 1950 as commanding general of the 1st Cavalry Partition, and Walton Walker, whose first Distinguished Service Cross was earned in 1944 equally commanding general of XX Corps and whose second was earned in 1950 as commanding general of Eighth Ground forces. 9 men received two Distinguished Service Crosses in Korea. Amongst these was Edward Almond, the commanding general of X Corps.

Korean State of war Distinguished Service Cantankerous recipient First Lieutenant Richard East. Cavazos would earn a second Distinguished Service Cross in Vietnam and rise to full general, condign the first Hispanic-American four-star general. Korean State of war Distinguished Service Cross recipient Ralph Puckett, Jr. would also receive a 2nd Distinguished Service Cross in Vietnam in command of a battalion of the 101st Airborne Partitioning. Thomas Tackaberry would earn a Distinguished Service Cross in 1952 every bit a visitor commander and ii more than in Vietnam. U.South. Air Force ace Ralph Parr earned a Distinguished Service Cross in 1953 in Korea and an Air Force Cantankerous in Vietnam.

Iii marines earned both the Navy Cantankerous and the Army Distinguished Service Cross in Korea: Homer Litzenberg, Raymond Murray, and Marine Corps fable Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller. "Chesty" Puller had previously earned four Navy Crosses in Nicaragua and Earth War II, while Murray was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in the 1st Marine Partitioning's celebrated breakout from the Chosin Reservoir area to the ocean at Hamhung, and two days later took part in the action which earned him his second Navy Cross. Murray had earned his first Navy Cross on Saipan during World War II.

Other notable Korean War recipients of the Distinguished Service Cantankerous include Harold 1000. Johnson, after Principal of Staff of the Army, and Herbert B. Powell, later Ambassador to New Zealand (1963–67). Along with Gen. Johnson, at least five other Korean War Distinguished Service Cross recipients subsequently rose to iv-star rank: Paul 50. Freeman, Jr., Clark L. Ruffner (decorated in 1951 as commander of the second Infantry Division), John L. Throckmorton and John H. "Iron Mike" Michaelis (who had commanded the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment in Normandy). Welborn Thou. Dolvin, busy as a lieutenant colonel with the 25th Infantry Division, rose to lieutenant full general. MG Ned D. Moore,^[22] who earned a Distinguished Service Cantankerous as a colonel in August 1950, had previously served every bit Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Sectionalisation in the Battle of the Bulge and later rose to major general. Olinto M. Barsanti went on to command the 101st Airborne in Vietnam. Guy South. Meloy went on to command the 82nd Airborne. 1st Lt. Joseph G. Clemons, Jr. for his deportment during the Pork Chop Hill, he would later control the 198th Infantry Brigade in the Vietnam War and Master Sergeant Juan E. Negrón on 1951, from 65th Infantry Regiment (United states), upgraded to Medal of Honour on 2014 by President Barack Obama

Among the 14 foreign recipients of the Distinguished Service Cantankerous in the Korean War was Sinasi Sukan (Şinasi Sükan), a helm with 3rd Brigade Turkish Ground forces who has lost his leg during Vegas War, Kenneth Muir, a major with the 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, British Ground forces, who besides posthumously received the Victoria Cross. Other foreign recipients came from the Belgian, British, French, Greek, Philippine, South Korean and Turkish armies. Soldiers serving with the Greek Expeditionary Force received half-dozen Distinguished Service Crosses in total during the Korean War.

Vietnam War [edit]

There were just over 1,000 awards in the Vietnam War, almost 400 of which were posthumous.

Patrick Brady, a helicopter pilot with the 44th Medical Brigade, and Robert L. Howard, a Special Forces NCO, received both the Medal of Accolade and the Distinguished Service Cross in Vietnam. Major Full general Keith L. Ware, who had earned the Medal of Honor in Earth State of war Two and who was killed in action in September 1968, received a posthumous Distinguished Service Cross.

James F. Hollingsworth, who received a Distinguished Service Cross in Apr 1945 as commander of 2d Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, received a 2d award in November 1966 every bit assistant sectionalization commander of the 1st Infantry Division, and a third in March 1967 as acting division commander of the 1st Infantry Division. He was the subject of the narrative "The General Goes Zapping Charlie Cong". Thomas H. Tackaberry, who received his first Distinguished Service Cross in Korea, received a 2nd in September 1966 as a battalion commander with the 1st Cavalry Division and a 3rd in September 1969 as commander of the 196th Infantry Brigade, Americal Partition. Both after rose to lieutenant full general.

Ane World War 2 recipient, William E. DePuy, and two Korean War recipients, Richard Due east. Cavazos and Ralph Puckett Jr., received a second Distinguished Service Cross in Vietnam. Both DePuy and Cavazos would afterwards ascent to total general.

Besides Hollingsworth and Tackaberry, 11 other soldiers earned ii Distinguished Service Crosses in Vietnam. Two, John R. Deane, Jr. and Barry R. McCaffrey, later rose to general, and a third, Henry E. Emerson, retired as a lieutenant general. McCaffrey likewise served as Director of the Part of National Drug Control Policy during the Clinton Administration. Colonel David H. Hackworth, who besides received ten Silver Stars in Korea and Vietnam, later rose to prominence every bit a military affairs journalist. George South. Patton IV, son of a ii-time Distinguished Service Cantankerous recipient, received two Distinguished Service Crosses in 1968 as commander of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. Sergeant Adelbert Waldron III, twice awarded the Distinguished Service Cantankerous in 1969 as a sniper with the ninth Infantry Segmentation, is credited with 109 confirmed kills, the virtually amongst U.S. snipers.^[23] ^[24] Dennis Tomcik, a first lieutenant with the 47th Infantry Regiment, was twice awarded the Distinguished Service Cantankerous for 2 separate deportment in 1968 in the Kien Hoa Province.^[25]

Among other notable Vietnam State of war Distinguished Service Cross recipients were several who later rose to general. Among these, too DePuy and Cavazos, were Paul F. Gorman, who afterward allowable the U.S. Southern Control; Robert C. Kingston, the first commander-in-main of U.Due south. Cardinal Command; James J. Lindsay, who later on commanded the U.S. Special Operations Control; Timothy J. Grogan,^[26] who later served every bit the deputy chief of staff for doctrine at the Army's Training and Doctrine Control at Fort Monroe; and Louis C. Menetrey, who wore three hats as Commander, United Nations Control, R.O.K./U.S. Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea. John W. Vessey Jr., decorated for valor during Operation Junction Metropolis in March 1967, rose to become Chairman of the Articulation Chiefs of Staff, retiring in 1985. Frederick C. Weyand was decorated in 1967 as commanding general of the 25th Infantry Division. He would serve as Master of Staff of the Army from 1974 to 1976. Bernard W. Rogers, decorated in March 1967 equally banana sectionalization commander of the 1st Infantry Segmentation, succeeded General Weyand every bit Main of Staff of the Regular army and after became NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR). Alexander Thou. Haig, Jr., also decorated in March 1967 as a battalion commander in the 1st Infantry Partition, preceded Full general Rogers as SACEUR, and became Secretary of Land in the Reagan Administration. Former W Indicate football All-American, then Captain Bill Carpenter, "The Lonesome Finish", received the accolade in 1966, and would go on to retire as a major general.

Starting time Lieutenant Norman A. Mordue received the Distinguished Service Cross for valor in May 1967 while serving with the 1st Cavalry Division. He was appointed to the U.South. federal bench in 1998 and in 2006 became the Main Judge of the U.Due south. District Court for the Northern District of New York. Eldon Bargewell, decorated in 1971 as a staff sergeant with MACV-SOG, was after deputed and equally of early 2006 was a major general on the staff of Multi-National Force Iraq and the simply Vietnam-era DSC recipient still on agile duty. David Christian, described equally the "Youngest Most Decorated Officer of the Vietnam War", received the Distinguished Service Cross recipient while leading a long range reconnaissance patrol of the 1st Infantry Sectionalisation, and later became a prominent advocate for veterans.

Amid Distinguished Service Cantankerous recipients for valor in the early battles in Vietnam were iv members of the 1st Cavalry Division decorated for valor in the Boxing of Ia Drang Valley in November 1965 – Lt. Col. Hal Moore, Major Bruce Crandall and ii other members of their unit. The actions of all 4 were afterward portrayed in the picture "We Were Soldiers", based on Hal Moore's book on the battle. Crandall's Distinguished Service Cross was later upgraded to the Medal of Honour, which was presented to him in Feb 2007.

Half dozen Distinguished Service Crosses were awarded to Son Tay raiders, participants in the November 1970 attempt to rescue U.S. POWs in N Vietnam. Amid the recipients were Special Forces soldiers Richard J. "Dick" Meadows and Arthur D. "Balderdash" Simons.

1975 to present [edit]

After the Vietnam War, the Distinguished Service Cross has been awarded multiple times.^[27] As of December 2018^[update], it has been awarded xvi times for actions during Functioning Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan.^[28] As of March 2013^[update], the Distinguished Service Cross has been awarded 13 times for deportment during Operation Iraqi Freedom.^[29] Master Sergeant David R. Halbruner was awarded the medal for his actions during the 2012 Benghazi set on;^[30] there has likewise been only ane award for actions during the 2015 Bamako hotel assail.^[31]

Operation Enduring Freedom [edit]

MSG Brendan O'Connor receiving the Distinguished Service Cross

Major Marking E. Mitchell, 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his leading his team against a numerically superior enemy force to free an American held captive at Qala-i-Jang Fortress, Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan between 25 and 28 November 2001.^[32] MSgt Brendan Westward. O'Connor, 2nd Battalion, seventh Special Forces Group, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross later on he removed his trunk armor to accomplish to a pair of wounded teammates and render medical aid to them, while under fire, on 24 June 2006.^[33]

Performance Iraqi Freedom [edit]

Colonel James H. Coffman, Jr., 1st Iraqi Special Police force Commando Brigade, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for defending a police station in Mosul from an insurgent attack on 14 November 2004.^[34]

Notable recipients [edit]

Creighton W. Abrams, Jr., Gen, US Ground forces – with i Oak Leaf Cluster (two full awards) – Army Chief of Staff
Edward Almond, Maj Gen, US Army – with one Oak Leaf Cluster
Vernon Baker, 1LT, Us Army, upgraded to the Medal of Honor.
Robert H. Barrow, USMC
Robert S. Beightler, Maj Gen, US Regular army – Commanding General of the Ohio Army National Baby-sit's 37th Infantry Partitioning
Thomas Blamey, Full general, Australian Army (later Australia'due south first Field Marshal)
Larry "Scrappy" Blumer, Major, USAAF
Richard Bell, Major, USAAF – Medal of Laurels recipient
Lewis H. Brereton, Lt Gen, U.S. Regular army Air Service, later USAAF – with one Oak Foliage Cluster
Maurice Britt, Us Army – too Medal of Honour and Silver Star, first recipient of pinnacle iv valor decorations in WWII; previously NFL football player, later lieutenant governor of Arkansas
John D. Bulkeley, VADM, USN – Medal of Honor and Navy Cantankerous recipient
Joseph Burlazzi, US Ground forces
John Francis Burnes, USMC
Douglas Campbell, U.S. Army Air Service – with 4 Oak Foliage Clusters
Neb Carpenter, US Army
Modesto Cartagena, Usa Army, the near decorated Hispanic soldier of the Korean War.
Arthur Southward. Champeny, US Army – with two Oak leaf Clusters; the just man to receive the DSC in three different conflicts (World War I, World State of war Ii and the Korean War)
Llewellyn Chilson, US Regular army – with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Vasily Chuikov, Marshal of the Soviet Spousal relationship, Soviet Regular army – hero of Stalingrad
Mark West. Clark, Gen, The states Army – Commander of 5th Regular army Group
William J. Cullerton, U.S. Army Air Forces World War 2 flying ace
Daniel Daly, USMC – Medal of Laurels recipient
Alan "Ace" Cozzalio, United states of america Army helicopter pilot
William Orlando Darby, US Army – with ane Oak Leafage Cluster
Samuel David Dealey, US Navy – (likewise Medal of Laurels and iv Navy Crosses)
William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan, Major, US Ground forces – Director of the Function of Strategic Services and starting time recipient of tiptop three decorations in single war
Otto Dowling, US Navy
Jesus S. Duran, Usa Army – upgraded to the Medal of Honor
Henry Eastward. Emerson Lieutenant Full general, U.s. Army
Herman Bottcher, Helm, U.s.a. Army - Also Veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion
Robert One thousand. Emery, First Lieutenant, Usa Army
Sam Ervin, Pvt, U.s. Army – United States Senator
Robert L. Eichelberger, Gen, United states Army – with one Oak Foliage Cluster
Manuel J. Fernandez, Usa Air Forcefulness – jet ace.
Geoffrey Cheney Ferris, Second Lieutenant, United states of america Regular army
Aaron R. Fisher, US Army – 366th Infantry Regiment Officeholder
Wendell Fertig, Col, Us Army Corps of Engineers. WWII Guerilla Leader 10th Military Commune, Philippian Islands
Edward Fuller, Capt, USMC
James M. Gavin, Lt Gen, The states Ground forces – with one Oak Foliage Cluster
Hobart R. Gay, United states of america Army – with Oak Foliage Cluster
Jeannette Guyot, French Resistance
Andrew Goodpaster Gen, NATO Supreme Centrolineal Commander Europe
John Campbell Greenway, Gen, Usa Ground forces and Rough Rider
David H. Hackworth, Col, The states Army – with one Oak Leaf Cluster
Alexander Haig, Gen, United states of america Army
Virginia Hall, OSS civilian
Frank Kerr Hays, WWI ace
John L. Hines, Gen, US Regular army – Army Chief of Staff
Courtney Hodges, Gen, US Regular army – Commander of 1st Army in World War 2
Robert L. Howard, US Army – also Medal of Laurels and Silverish Star, all in the aforementioned tour 1967–68
Clarence R. Huebner, United states Army – with ane Oak Leaf Cluster
LeRoy P. Hunt, Col, USMC
Frank O'Driscoll "Monk" Hunter, U.S. Ground forces Air Service – with four Oak Leaf Clusters
Henry Johnson, US Army – African American soldier in WWI, as well received the Medal of Honor and French Croix de Guerre
Rene Joyeuse, Capt, Free French Forces and OSS
Ivan Kamera, Soviet artillery general during World War Two
Charles L. Kelly, US Ground forces – Dust Off pilot, Vietnam, posthumous
George C. Kenney, Gen, U.Southward. Army Air Service, afterwards USAAF – with one Oak Foliage Cluster
Robert C. Kingston, Usa Army
Salvador J. Lara, The states Ground forces – upgraded to the Medal of Honor in 2014
Curtis LeMay, Gen, USAAF – Air Forcefulness Chief of Staff
Douglas MacArthur, GA, US Army – with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters (also Medal of Award, 7 Silver Stars, and 3 French Croix de Guerre)
Gordon H. Mansfield, Capt, U.s. Regular army – Deputy Secretarial assistant of Department of Veterans Affairs
Peyton C. March, Gen, US Army – Army Chief of Staff
Anthony McAuliffe, Gen, US Army – Led defense of Bastogne
Barry McCaffrey, Gen, US Army – (ii awards)
John McNulty (also awarded Navy Cross)
Louis Gonzaga Mendez, Jr., Col, Us Army – battalion commander, 82nd Airborne Segmentation
Billy Mitchell, Brig Gen, U.Due south. Ground forces Air Service
Dudley West. Morton, Capt, US Navy – also four Navy Crosses
Henry Mucci, Usa Army
Kenneth Muir VC, British Army
Audie White potato, Major, U.s.a. Ground forces – Medal of Honor recipient
John Henry Parker, Brig Gen, John "Gatling Gun" Parker, United states of america Army – with three Oak Leafage Clusters
George Southward. Patton, Gen, United states of america Regular army – with one Oak Foliage Cluster
George Patton Iv, Maj Gen, U.s. Army – with one Oak Leaf Cluster
Keith Payne VC, OAM, Australian Army
Thomas Payne, Sergeant Major, U.S. Army – upgraded to the Medal of Honor
John J. Pershing, GAS, United states of america Army
Pascal Poolaw, He is the Usa' almost busy Native American.
Chesty Puller, Lt Gen, USMC (additionally he received a full of five Navy Crosses, for a total of six service crosses, i DSC and 5 Navy Crosses)
Howard Knox Ramey, The states Army
William John Read, Lieutenant in the Majestic Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve; Coastwatcher during World War II.
Eddie Rickenbacker, Capt, U.S. Army Air Service – with six Oak Leaf Clusters (Rickenbacker originally received 8 DSCs, but one was after upgraded to the Medal of Honor)
Matthew B. Ridgway, Gen, US Regular army – with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Chief of Staff
Keller E. Rockey, USMC
Bernard W. Rogers Gen, US Army
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Brig Gen, US Ground forces – Medal of Laurels recipient
Maurice Rose, Maj Gen United States Army
Robert Rosenthal, Lt Col U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 pilot in World War II, sixteen awards including Silver Star (with oak leaf cluster), Distinguished Flying Cross (with cluster), Air Medal (with seven clusters), Purple Centre (with cluster), likewise equally Distinguished Flight Cross from Not bad United kingdom and Croix de Guerre from France.
Andrew Summers Rowan, Us Regular army
Alfredo Grand. Santos, Philippine Army
Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., USMC
Oliver Prince Smith, Gen, USMC
Isabel Stambaugh, Army Nurse Corps – 1 of just four female recipients of the DSC
Joseph Stilwell, Gen, Usa Army – Commander of the Prc Burma Bharat Theater
Maxwell D. Taylor, Gen, U.s. Army – Army Primary of Staff
Gerald C. Thomas, Gen, USMC – Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
James A. Van Fleet, Gen, US Regular army – with two Oak Leaf Clusters
John Paul Vann, Lt Col, Usa civilian at time of award
Jesús Villamor, Philippine Army Air Corps – with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster
Walton Walker, Gen, US Army – with one Oak Leaf Cluster
Robert B. Williams, U.S. Army Air Forces
Richard Winters, Major, Us Army – "Band of Brothers"
George Frederick Wootten, Australian general
Alvin York, Major, US Ground forces – upgraded to the Medal of Honor.
Edward F. Younger, US Army – United states Soldier chosen to select the Unknown Soldier for the Usa after Globe State of war I

Revocation [edit]

In a number of cases, an award of the Distinguished Service Cantankerous has afterwards been revoked. In about cases, this has been for one of three reasons: the accolade was upgraded to the Medal of Honour, duplicate awards had been fabricated to the same recipient for the aforementioned action by 2 different headquarters, or the award had been revoked to let republication with a new and revised award citation. Such revocations have occurred over the history of the decoration.

One of the earliest such cases involves one of the well-nigh famous American soldiers of World War I, Alvin York, who initially received a Distinguished Service Cantankerous which was upgraded to the Medal of Honor. And as noted to a higher place nether "Notable Recipients", superlative American Earth War I ace airplane pilot Eddie Rickenbacker originally received 8 DSCs, but one was upgraded in 1930 to the Medal of Laurels. In 1980, MSG Roy P. Benavidez, a U.Due south. Ground forces Special Forces veteran, had his Vietnam-era DSC upgraded to the Medal of Honor, which was presented to him by President Reagan at a Pentagon ceremony on February 24, 1981.

A number of DSC revocations and upgrades to the Medal of Accolade were the result of reviews initiated past the Army or mandated by the United States Congress. In the early 1990s the Army began a review of discrimination against black soldiers in World War II, none of whom had received the Medal of Honor only several of whom had received lesser awards. After, the Department of Defense Say-so Human activity for Fiscal Year 1996 provided for a "Review Regarding Upgrading of Distinguished-Service Crosses and Navy Crosses Awarded to Asian-Americans and Native American Pacific Islanders for World State of war 2 Service" and the National Defense Authorization Act for 2002 provided for a "Review Regarding Laurels of Medal of Award to Sure Jewish American and Hispanic American War Veterans".^[35] There is currently a petition circulating to upgrade the Distinguished Service Cross of Major Richard Winters to a Medal of Honor.

In January 1997, as a result of its review, the Regular army revoked six awards of the Distinguished Service Cross to blackness soldiers and upgraded them to the Medal of Honor. These were to Vernon Baker, Edward A. Carter, Jr., John R. Fox, Willy F. James, Jr., Charles L. Thomas and George Watson.^[36] In 2001, the Army officially revoked 21 awards of the Distinguished Service Cantankerous and one of the Silver Star to Asian-American soldiers, more often than not Japanese-American, whose awards were upgraded to the Medal of Honor.^[37] Among those whose DSC was upgraded was U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye. Others include Francis B. Wai and Rudolph B. Davila.

Jon East. Swanson, posthumously awarded a DSC in 1972, had this revoked in Nov 2005 (Department of the Army General Order No. 9 of 2005), afterward his DSC was upgraded to the Medal of Honor in December 2002 (Department of the Army General Gild No. 14 of 2002). Another Vietnam State of war helicopter airplane pilot, Bruce P. Crandall, was awarded the DSC in June 2001 (General Gild No. 25 of 2001). This award was rescinded in November 2005 when a new commendation was issued (Full general Order No. nine of 2005), but the DSC itself was later upgraded to the Medal of Honor, which was presented in Feb 2007 (the DSC was revoked in General Society No. 3 of 2007).

Encounter as well [edit]

Awards and decorations of the U.s. Army
Non-U.S. recipients of U.Southward. gallantry awards
Puerto Rican recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross

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External links [edit]

Distinguished Service Cantankerous Recipients, World State of war I, 1917-1918
The states Ground forces Institute of Heraldry: Distinguished Service Cross
Home of Heroes page on the Distinguished Service Cross
Legion of Valor
Military Times Hall of Valor, Distiniguished Service Cross
DSC Database – Database of all DSC recipients

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Cross_(United_States)

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