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United states Regular army service cantankerous medal

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Distinguished Service Cross

Type	Service cantankerous medal
Awarded for	Extraordinary heroism in combat
Presented by	United States Section of the Army^[one]
Eligibility	The states Army soldiers
Condition	Currently awarded
First awarded	ii January 1918
Total	13,462^[ii]

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

Precedence
Side by side (higher)	Medal of Honor
Equivalent	Navy and Marine Corps: Navy Cross Air Forcefulness and Space Strength: Air Force Cantankerous Coast Baby-sit: Coast Baby-sit Cross Unit award: Presidential Unit Citation Civilian: Secretary of Defense Medal for Valor^[3]
Next (lower)	Department of Defense force: Defense Distinguished Service Medal Department of Homeland Security: Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal

The Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) is the United States Army's second highest military decoration for soldiers who display boggling heroism in combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must exist of such a high degree that they are to a higher place those required for all other U.Due south. gainsay decorations, simply which do not encounter the criteria for the Medal of Honour. The Ground forces Distinguished Service Cross is equivalent to the Navy and Marine Corps' Navy Cross, the Air Force and Space Forcefulness'south Air Force Cross, and the Coast Guard Cross. Prior to the creation of the Air Force Cantankerous in 1960, airmen were awarded the Distinguished Service Cantankerous.

The Distinguished Service Cantankerous was first awarded during Globe State of war I. In add-on, a number of awards were bestowed for actions which took place earlier Earth War I. In many cases, the medal was awarded to soldiers who had received a Certificate of Merit for gallantry; at the fourth dimension, this certificate was the but other award for gallantry the Army could present to combatants in lieu of a Medal of Laurels. 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 Army soldiers in recognition of exceptionally meritorious service to the government of the United States in a duty of great responsibility. The Distinguished Service Cross is only awarded for deportment in combat, while the Distinguished Service Medal has no such brake.

Description [edit]

A cross of bronze, two inches (5.1 cm) high and ane+ 13⁄16 inches (46 mm) wide with an hawkeye on the center and a scroll below the eagle bearing the inscription "FOR VALOR". On the opposite side, the center of the cross is circled by a wreath with a space for engraving the name of the recipient.

Service ribbon [edit]

The service ribbon is ane+ three⁄viii inches (35 mm) broad and consists of the following stripes:

1⁄8 inch (three.2 mm) Old Glory Carmine 67156;
1⁄sixteen inch (i.6 mm) White 67101;
ane inch (25 mm) Imperial Blue 67175;
1⁄sixteen inch (1.6 mm) White;
one⁄8 inch (3.2 mm) Old Glory Reddish.

Criteria [edit]

The Distinguished Service Cross is awarded to a person who, while serving in whatever chapters with the Army (or in the Air Force, before 1960), distinguishes themselves by extraordinary heroism non justifying the award of a Medal of Honor; while engaged in an action confronting an enemy of the United states of america; while engaged in armed services operations involving conflict with an opposing/foreign forcefulness; or while serving with friendly strange forces engaged in an armed disharmonize confronting an opposing armed force in which the United states is not a belligerent political party. The act or acts of heroism must have been so notable and have involved risk of life so extraordinary as to ready the private apart from their comrades.^[four]

Components [edit]

The following are authorized components of the Distinguished Service Cross:

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

Additional awards of the Army Distinguished Service Cross are denoted with oak foliage clusters.

Groundwork [edit]

The Distinguished Service Cross was established by President Woodrow Wilson on January ii, 1918. General John J. Pershing, Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Forces in France, had recommended that recognition other than the Medal of Award be authorized for the United States Army for valorous service rendered in like manner to that awarded by the European Armies. The asking for the institution of the medal was forwarded from the Secretary of War to the President in a letter dated December 28, 1917. The Human activity of Congress establishing this award (193-65th Congress), dated July nine, 1918, is contained in x United statesC. § 3742. The establishment of the Distinguished Service Cross was promulgated in State of war Section Full general Order No. 6, dated Jan 12, 1918.^[five]

The first style of the Distinguished Service Cross was designed by Helm Aymar Due east. Embury II, Engineers Officer Reserve Corps, and Earth War I artist Lieutenant J. Andre Smith.^[5] ^[6] The first medals were struck by the United States Mint from a sculpture by Gaetano Cecere, who went on to blueprint the Soldier's Medal.^[6] It was decided that small-scale changes were needed to make the medal more than attractive.^[5] In lite of the urgency in supplying the decorations to General Pershing, the commencement one hundred medals were struck from the original design. They were sent on the understanding that replacements in the second design (as well numbered from ane to 100) would be provided once they were available.^[5] Embury made the modifications with the plaster model for the second (and current) version made by John R. Sinnock, who also sculpted various other medals, including the Purple Eye.^[six]

Ground forces Regulation (AR) 670-one, governing the wear and appearance of army uniforms and insignia,^[7] and its associated guide^[eight] specify that the Distinguished Service Cross appears second in the club of precedence of U.S. military decorations, preceded simply by the Medal of Honour. Policy for awards, approval authorization, supply, and issue of decorations is independent in AR 600-viii-22.^[nine] 10 The 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.

Application history [edit]

Earth War I [edit]

Major General Hanson Edward Ely, commanding the fifth Partition, pinning the Distinguished Service Cantankerous on Captain Howard R. MacAdams of the 5th Sectionalisation'south 7th Engineer Regiment, Esch, Luxembourg, December 30, 1918.

During World War I, half dozen,309 awards of the Distinguished Service Cross were fabricated to half dozen,185 recipients. Several dozen Regular army soldiers, as well as eight marines and 2 French Army officers, received two Distinguished Service Crosses.

A scattering, more often than not United states Regular army Air Service aviators, were decorated 3 or more times. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, the top U.Southward. ace of the war, was awarded a tape viii Distinguished Service Crosses, one of which was later on upgraded to the Medal of Honor, while flying with the 94th Aero Squadron. Fellow aviators Captain Douglas Campbell, as well of the 94th, and Starting time Lieutenant Frank O'Driscoll "Monk" Hunter of the 103rd Aero Squadron each received five. Another 94th aviator, Major Reed McKinley Chambers, was awarded 4 Distinguished Service Crosses. 3 aviators received 3 Distinguished Service Crosses – First Lieutenant Murray M. Guthrie of the 13th Aero Squadron, First Lieutenant Ralph A. O'Neill of the 147th Aero Squadron, and Glen A. Preston,^[10] an aerial observation pilot with the 99th Aero Squadron. Amongst other prominent aviators were Brigadier General Billy Mitchell, the Chief of Air Service of the American Expeditionary Force; Second Lieutenant Frank Luke of the 27th Aero Squadron, who was honored with the Medal of Honor and two 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 as a commencement lieutenant.

Colonel John H. Parker, the commander of the 102nd Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, was the only ground soldier in World State of war I to receive four Distinguished Service Crosses. Start Lieutenant Oscar B. Nelson of the 168th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Division, was honored 3 times, the tertiary laurels beingness posthumous.^[eleven]

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 legend, Sergeant Major Daniel Daly, who was twice decorated with the Medal of Honor, and who received the Distinguished Service Cantankerous for heroism as First Sergeant of the 73rd Company, Sixth Marine Regiment, during the Boxing of Belleau Wood in June 1918. Colonel Charles Evans Kilbourne, Jr., who received the Medal of Honor in the Philippine Insurrection, was busy with the Distinguished Service Cross as chief of staff of the 89th Division. First Lieutenant James B. McConnell, as well decorated with the Medal of Honour for actions in the Philippines every bit a individual with the 33rd Infantry, received the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously as a beginning lieutenant with the 4th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Sectionalization.

Marine Corps Colonel Hiram I. Bearss, recipient of the Medal of Laurels in the Philippines, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross while attached to the 102nd Infantry Regiment, 26th Division. Marine Gunner Henry Fifty. Hulbert, too a recipient of the Navy Medal of Honor in the Philippines, received the Distinguished Service Cantankerous for bravery while serving with the fifth Marine Regiment during the Battle of Belleau Forest. Spanish–American War Medal of Honor recipient John H. Quick likewise received the Distinguished Service Cross at Belleau Wood as Sergeant Major of the 6th Marine Regiment.

Too Rickenbacker, several men received both the Medal of Award and the Distinguished Service Cross during World War I. Navy recipients were John Henry Balch, a U.S. Navy Pharmacist'southward Mate, and Joel T. Boone, a U.Southward. Navy Lieutenant (Medical Corps), both fastened to the 6th Marine Regiment. Army recipients were Private Daniel R. Edwards of the tertiary Machine-Gun Battalion, 1st Segmentation, Colonel William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan of the 165th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Division, and Second Lieutenant Samuel I. Parker of the 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division.

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

Among other prominent recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross during World State of war I were Brigadier General John L. Hines, busy as commanding general of the 1st Brigade, 1st Partition, and Major General Charles Pelot Summerall, decorated equally commanding general of the 1st Partition, who both went on to serve equally Chief of Staff of the United States Army. Private Sam Ervin of the 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Partition, went on to serve every bit a U.s.a. Senator from the state of North Carolina. Major Dwight F. Davis, decorated as Assistant Principal of Staff of the 69th Infantry Brigade, 35th Division, founded the Davis Loving cup international lawn tennis competition and served as Us Secretary of State of war in the Coolidge Administration. Father John B. DeValles, chaplain (first lieutenant), known equally the Angel of the Trenches for administering to the needs of both Allied and German soldiers. He founded the first Portuguese parochial school at the Espirito Santo Church in Fall River, Massachusetts. B. Caroll Reece, decorated as a First Lieutenant with the 102nd Infantry Regiment, 26th Sectionalisation, went on to represent the state of Tennessee in the Usa House of Representatives for a full of 17 terms. Xx ane 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 backwash of World War I, 62 awards were fabricated for actions in North Russia and Siberia during the Russian Civil War. Besides, approximately 132 retroactive awards were fabricated for deportment 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 between 1899 and 1917 were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

Prominent among post-Globe War I Distinguished Service Cantankerous recipients for acts earlier that war was General J. Franklin Bell, Primary of Staff of the Army from 1906 to 1910. A recipient of the Medal of Honor during the Philippine Insurrection, in 1925 he was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross for bravery in the Castilian–American State of war in 1898. In 1920, General Peyton C. March, and then serving equally Chief 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'due south successor, General of the Armies John J. Pershing, received a Distinguished Service Cantankerous in 1941 for bravery during the Philippine Insurrection. 2d Lieutenant Gordon Johnston and Corporal Arthur M. Ferguson, both Medal of Honor 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 Powder Depot, which he commanded at the time.^[13]

Amid the recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross for Siberia and North Russian federation were Robert Fifty. Eichelberger, who would earn a 2nd medal in World State of war II, and Sidney C. Graves, who had previously received a Distinguished Service Cross in Earth War I.^[14]

World War II [edit]

During World War Two, just over 5,000 awards were made. Army Air Forces Lieutenant Colonel John C. Meyer, Major General James A. Van Fleet, and Master Sergeant Llewellyn Chilson were three-time recipients. Jeannette Guyot and Virginia Hall were the only two women to receive the award.^[xv] ^[xvi]

A number of recipients of the Distinguished Service Cantankerous in earlier conflicts were again honored in World 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 2 more in 1944 as a colonel commanding the 9th Infantry Regiment of that same partition.^[17] 3 recipients of two Distinguished Service Crosses in World War I – Douglas MacArthur, Hanford MacNider and Harry H. Semmes – received their third in Earth State of war 2. A handful of men who had received the Distinguished Service Cantankerous in World State of war I received a 2nd in World War 2. Among these were George Southward. Patton Jr., whose 2d Distinguished Service Cross came as commanding general of the 7th Army in Sicily, and Fred 50. Walker, commander of the U.Southward. 36th Infantry Division in the breakout from Anzio and accelerate on Rome. Lieutenant General Robert L. Eichelberger, whose first Distinguished Service Cross was awarded for valor in Siberia in 1919, received a second for valor in New Guinea in the Buna campaign of 1942–43.

A little over fifty soldiers (and one crewman) received ii Distinguished Service Crosses in World War II. The sailor was John D. Bulkeley, who likewise received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross and was one of the most highly decorated Americans of Globe State of war Ii. Among Army recipients of two Distinguished Service Crosses were Creighton West. Abrams, Jr., later the Chief of Staff of the Army, William O. Darby, ane of the fathers of the U.S. Regular army Rangers, and Robert T. Frederick, commander of the U.S-Canadian 1st Special Service Strength. Six men of the 82nd Airborne Division received two Distinguished Service Crosses: Charles Billingslea,^[18] James M. Gavin, Arthur F. Gorham, Matthew B. Ridgway, Reuben Henry Tucker III and Benjamin H. Vandervoort. Several fighter aces besides received two Distinguished Service Crosses, including Donald Blakeslee, Paul P. Douglas Jr., William East. 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 S. Wetmore. Bomber pilot Richard H. Carmichael likewise received two Distinguished Service Crosses.

The commander of Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S. 101st Airborne Sectionalisation, Richard Winters, received a Distinguished Service Cantankerous for his function 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 Cantankerous for his part on the assail to capture a edifice complex nearby designated "WXYZ" on the field order map.

During World War II, twelve soldiers, three airmen, and 2 sailors received both the Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service Cross: from the Army, Bernard P. Bell, Maurice Fifty. "Footsie" Britt, Herbert H. Burr, Leonard A. Funk, Gerry H. Kisters, James M. Logan, George 50. Mabry, Jr., Douglas MacArthur, Audie 50. White potato, Inferior J. Spurrier, Jack 50. Treadwell and Jonathan M. Wainwright; from the Ground forces Air Forces, Richard I. Bell, Horace S. Carswell, Jr. and Thomas B. McGuire, Jr.; and from the Navy, John D. Bulkeley and Samuel D. Dealey (who too received four Navy Crosses). I World War 2 Distinguished Service Cross recipient, Raymond Harvey, would earn the Medal of Honor in the Korean War.^[19]

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

Korean State of war [edit]

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

Lloyd 50. "Scooter" Burke, a lieutenant with the 1st Cavalry Partitioning, Benjamin F. Wilson, a master sergeant with the seventh Infantry Division, Lewis Millett, a captain with the 27th Infantry Regiment and Air Strength fighter ace George A. Davis, Jr., each earned both the Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service Cantankerous in Korea.

Colonel Arthur Champeny, previously decorated for bravery at Saint-Mihiel in September 1918 and a 2nd time at Santa Maria Infante, Italy in May 1944, received a third Distinguished Service Cross in September 1950. Fighter airplane pilot William T. Whisner, recipient of two Distinguished Service Crosses in World War Two, was awarded a third in Korea.

X Globe War II recipients received a second Distinguished Service Cross in Korea. Amidst these were John T. Corley, whose first Distinguished Service Cantankerous was earned in N Africa in March 1943 with the 1st Infantry Segmentation 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 every bit Master of Staff of George Due south. Patton's Third Army and whose second was earned in 1950 as commanding general of the 1st Cavalry Segmentation, and Walton Walker, whose commencement Distinguished Service Cross was earned in 1944 equally commanding general of 20 Corps and whose second was earned in 1950 as commanding general of 8th Army. Nine men received 2 Distinguished Service Crosses in Korea. Amid these was Edward Almond, the commanding general of X Corps.

Korean War Distinguished Service Cross recipient Kickoff Lieutenant Richard Due east. Cavazos would earn a second Distinguished Service Cross in Vietnam and rise to full general, becoming the kickoff Hispanic-American four-star general. Korean War Distinguished Service Cross recipient Ralph Puckett, Jr. would too receive a 2d Distinguished Service Cross in Vietnam in command of a battalion of the 101st Airborne Division. Thomas Tackaberry would earn a Distinguished Service Cross in 1952 as a company commander and two more in Vietnam. U.S. Air Strength ace Ralph Parr earned a Distinguished Service Cantankerous in 1953 in Korea and an Air Strength Cantankerous in Vietnam.

3 marines earned both the Navy Cross 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 Globe War II, while Murray was awarded the Ground forces Distinguished Service Cantankerous for extraordinary heroism in the 1st Marine Division's historic breakout from the Chosin Reservoir expanse to the sea at Hamhung, and two days later took role in the action which earned him his second Navy Cantankerous. Murray had earned his beginning Navy Cross on Saipan during Globe War II.

Other notable Korean War recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross include Harold K. Johnson, later Chief of Staff of the Army, and Herbert B. Powell, after Ambassador to New Zealand (1963–67). Along with Gen. Johnson, at to the lowest degree 5 other Korean State of war Distinguished Service Cross recipients later rose to four-star rank: Paul L. Freeman, Jr., Clark L. Ruffner (busy in 1951 as commander of the second Infantry Division), John 50. Throckmorton and John H. "Iron Mike" Michaelis (who had commanded the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment in Normandy). Welborn Chiliad. Dolvin, decorated every bit a lieutenant colonel with the 25th Infantry Division, rose to lieutenant general. MG Ned D. Moore,^[22] who earned a Distinguished Service Cross as a colonel in August 1950, had previously served equally Primary of Staff of the 101st Airborne Partitioning in the Battle of the Bulge and later rose to major general. Olinto Grand. Barsanti went on to command the 101st Airborne in Vietnam. Guy Due south. Meloy went on to command the 82nd Airborne. 1st Lt. Joseph Chiliad. Clemons, Jr. for his actions during the Pork Chop Hill, he would later control the 198th Infantry Brigade in the Vietnam War and Primary Sergeant Juan E. Negrón on 1951, from 65th Infantry Regiment (United States), upgraded to Medal of Accolade on 2014 past President Barack Obama

Among the 14 strange recipients of the Distinguished Service Cantankerous in the Korean War was Sinasi Sukan (Şinasi Sükan), a captain 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 Army, who likewise posthumously received the Victoria Cross. Other foreign recipients came from the Belgian, British, French, Greek, Philippine, S Korean and Turkish armies. Soldiers serving with the Greek Expeditionary Force received 6 Distinguished Service Crosses in total during the Korean War.

Vietnam War [edit]

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

Patrick Brady, a helicopter pilot with the 44th Medical Brigade, and Robert 50. Howard, a Special Forces NCO, received both the Medal of Honour and the Distinguished Service Cross in Vietnam. Major General Keith L. Ware, who had earned the Medal of Honor in Globe 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 April 1945 every bit commander of 2nd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, received a second award in November 1966 every bit assistant partitioning commander of the 1st Infantry Partitioning, and a third in March 1967 as acting sectionalization commander of the 1st Infantry Segmentation. 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 second in September 1966 as a battalion commander with the 1st Cavalry Sectionalization and a third in September 1969 as commander of the 196th Infantry Brigade, Americal Sectionalisation. Both later rose to lieutenant general.

1 World War Ii recipient, William E. DePuy, and two Korean War recipients, Richard Eastward. Cavazos and Ralph Puckett Jr., received a 2d Distinguished Service Cross in Vietnam. Both DePuy and Cavazos would later on rising to full general.

Besides Hollingsworth and Tackaberry, eleven other soldiers earned two Distinguished Service Crosses in Vietnam. 2, John R. Deane, Jr. and Barry R. McCaffrey, later rose to full general, and a tertiary, Henry E. Emerson, retired as a lieutenant general. McCaffrey also served equally Manager of the Office of National Drug Command Policy during the Clinton Administration. Colonel David H. Hackworth, who also received x Silver Stars in Korea and Vietnam, later rose to prominence as a military affairs journalist. George South. Patton 4, son of a two-fourth dimension Distinguished Service Cross recipient, received two Distinguished Service Crosses in 1968 equally commander of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. Sergeant Adelbert Waldron III, twice awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in 1969 as a sniper with the 9th Infantry Partitioning, is credited with 109 confirmed kills, the about among U.S. snipers.^[23] ^[24] Dennis Tomcik, a starting time lieutenant with the 47th Infantry Regiment, was twice awarded the Distinguished Service Cantankerous for two split actions in 1968 in the Kien Hoa Province.^[25]

Among other notable Vietnam War Distinguished Service Cross recipients were several who later rose to full general. Amidst these, besides DePuy and Cavazos, were Paul F. Gorman, who later commanded the U.Due south. Southern Command; Robert C. Kingston, the first commander-in-main of U.S. Fundamental Control; James J. Lindsay, who later commanded the U.S. Special Operations Control; Timothy J. Grogan,^[26] who afterward served as the deputy chief of staff for doctrine at the Regular army'southward Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Monroe; and Louis C. Menetrey, who wore iii hats as Commander, United Nations Command, R.O.K./U.S. Combined Forces Control and U.Southward. Forces Korea. John Westward. Vessey Jr., busy for valor during Operation Junction City in March 1967, rose to become Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retiring in 1985. Frederick C. Weyand was decorated in 1967 as commanding full general of the 25th Infantry Division. He would serve as Chief of Staff of the Regular army from 1974 to 1976. Bernard West. Rogers, decorated in March 1967 every bit banana sectionalisation commander of the 1st Infantry Division, succeeded General Weyand as Chief of Staff of the Army and subsequently became NATO's Supreme Centrolineal Commander, Europe (SACEUR). Alexander M. Haig, Jr., too decorated in March 1967 as a battalion commander in the 1st Infantry Sectionalisation, preceded General Rogers equally SACEUR, and became Secretary of State in the Reagan Administration. Former West Point football All-American, then Helm Bill Carpenter, "The Lonesome Finish", received the award in 1966, and would continue to retire as a major general.

First Lieutenant Norman A. Mordue received the Distinguished Service Cross for valor in May 1967 while serving with the 1st Cavalry Sectionalization. He was appointed to the U.South. federal bench in 1998 and in 2006 became the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. Eldon Bargewell, decorated in 1971 as a staff sergeant with MACV-SOG, was later commissioned and as of early 2006 was a major general on the staff of Multi-National Force Iraq and the only Vietnam-era DSC recipient still on active duty. David Christian, described as the "Youngest Well-nigh Decorated Officeholder of the Vietnam War", received the Distinguished Service Cross recipient while leading a long range reconnaissance patrol of the 1st Infantry Partitioning, and later became a prominent advocate for veterans.

Amidst Distinguished Service Cross recipients for valor in the early battles in Vietnam were four 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 two other members of their unit. The actions of all four were later portrayed in the motion picture "We Were Soldiers", based on Hal Moore's book on the battle. Crandall's Distinguished Service Cross was later on upgraded to the Medal of Honor, which was presented to him in February 2007.

Six Distinguished Service Crosses were awarded to Son Tay raiders, participants in the November 1970 endeavour to rescue U.S. POWs in Northward Vietnam. Amid the recipients were Special Forces soldiers Richard J. "Dick" Meadows and Arthur D. "Bull" 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 16 times for actions during Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan.^[28] Every bit of March 2013^[update], the Distinguished Service Cross has been awarded xiii times for actions during Operation Iraqi Freedom.^[29] Master Sergeant David R. Halbruner was awarded the medal for his deportment during the 2012 Benghazi assail;^[30] there has also been only one award for actions during the 2015 Bamako hotel attack.^[31]

Operation Enduring Freedom [edit]

MSG Brendan O'Connor receiving the Distinguished Service Cross

Major Mark E. Mitchell, third Battalion, fifth Special Forces Group, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his leading his team against a numerically superior enemy force to costless an American held convict at Qala-i-Jang Fortress, Mazar-e Sharif, Transitional islamic state of afghanistan between 25 and 28 November 2001.^[32] MSgt Brendan Due west. O'Connor, 2nd Battalion, seventh Special Forces Group, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cantankerous afterwards he removed his trunk armor to reach to a pair of wounded teammates and render medical aid to them, while nether fire, on 24 June 2006.^[33]

Operation Iraqi Freedom [edit]

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

Notable recipients [edit]

Creighton Westward. Abrams, Jr., Gen, United states Army – with 1 Oak Foliage Cluster (two full awards) – Army Main of Staff
Edward Almond, Maj Gen, US Army – with one Oak Leaf Cluster
Vernon Baker, 1LT, Usa Army, upgraded to the Medal of Honor.
Robert H. Barrow, USMC
Robert Due south. Beightler, Maj Gen, U.s. Army – Commanding General of the Ohio Army National Guard'southward 37th Infantry Division
Thomas Blamey, General, Australian Ground forces (afterward Australia's first Field Marshal)
Larry "Scrappy" Blumer, Major, USAAF
Richard Bell, Major, USAAF – Medal of Honor recipient
Lewis H. Brereton, Lt Gen, U.S. Army Air Service, after USAAF – with one Oak Leaf Cluster
Maurice Britt, US Army – also Medal of Honor and Silver Star, first recipient of top four valor decorations in WWII; previously NFL football game histrion, later lieutenant governor of Arkansas
John D. Bulkeley, VADM, USN – Medal of Award and Navy Cross recipient
Joseph Burlazzi, US Army
John Francis Burnes, USMC
Douglas Campbell, U.S. Ground forces Air Service – with four Oak Leaf Clusters
Bill Carpenter, Us Ground forces
Modesto Cartagena, U.s. Army, the most busy Hispanic soldier of the Korean War
Richard Cavazos, Full general, United states Regular army. One Oak Leaf Cluster. Outset hispanic full full general
Arthur South. Champeny, U.s. Regular army – with two Oak leaf Clusters; the only homo to receive the DSC in 3 different conflicts (Earth State of war I, World War Ii and the Korean War)
Llewellyn Chilson, US Army – with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Vasily Chuikov, Marshal of the Soviet Matrimony, Soviet Army – hero of Stalingrad
Mark W. Clark, Gen, US Army – Commander of 5th Army Grouping
William J. Cullerton, U.S. Army Air Forces Earth War Two flying ace
Daniel Daly, USMC – Medal of Honor recipient
Alan "Ace" Cozzalio, US Army helicopter pilot
William Orlando Darby, US Ground forces – with one Oak Leafage Cluster
Samuel David Dealey, US Navy – (also Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses)
William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan, Major, United states of america Army – Director of the Office of Strategic Services and outset recipient of top three decorations in unmarried war
Otto Dowling, United states of america Navy
Jesus S. Duran, The states Army – upgraded to the Medal of Honor
Henry Due east. Emerson Lieutenant General, US Army
Herman Bottcher, Captain, US Army - Too Veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion
Robert Thou. Emery, Kickoff Lieutenant, US Army
Sam Ervin, Pvt, US Regular army – United states of america Senator
Robert L. Eichelberger, Gen, U.s.a. Army – with ane Oak Leaf Cluster
Manuel J. Fernandez, Us Air Force – jet ace.
Geoffrey Cheney Ferris, 2nd Lieutenant, The states Army
Aaron R. Fisher, US Regular army – 366th Infantry Regiment Officer
Wendell Fertig, Col, United states of america Ground forces Corps of Engineers. WWII Guerilla Leader 10th Military District, Philippian Islands
Edward Fuller, Capt, USMC
James M. Gavin, Lt Gen, US Regular army – with one Oak Leaf Cluster
Hobart R. Gay, Usa Army – with Oak Leaf Cluster
Jeannette Guyot, French Resistance
Andrew Goodpaster Gen, NATO Supreme Centrolineal Commander Europe
John Campbell Greenway, Gen, US Army and Crude Rider
David H. Hackworth, Col, US Army – with ane Oak Leaf Cluster
Henry Gunther, Sergeant, U.s.a. Ground forces, last casualty of World War I.
Alexander Haig, Gen, Usa Ground forces
Virginia Hall, OSS civilian
Frank Kerr Hays, WWI ace
John L. Hines, Gen, US Army – Army Main of Staff
Courtney Hodges, Gen, U.s.a. Army – Commander of 1st Regular army in World War Ii
Robert L. Howard, United states Army – also Medal of Honor and Silverish Star, all in the same tour 1967–68
Clarence R. Huebner, US Army – with one Oak Foliage Cluster
LeRoy P. Hunt, Col, USMC
Frank O'Driscoll "Monk" Hunter, U.S. Army Air Service – with four Oak Leaf Clusters
Henry Johnson, US Army – African American soldier in WWI, also received the Medal of Honor and French Croix de Guerre
Rene Joyeuse, Capt, Free French Forces and OSS
Ivan Kamera, Soviet artillery general during Globe War II
Charles 50. Kelly, United states Ground forces – Dust Off pilot, Vietnam, posthumous
George C. Kenney, Gen, U.South. Army Air Service, later USAAF – with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster
Robert C. Kingston, Usa Regular army
Salvador J. Lara, United states of america Army – upgraded to the Medal of Honor in 2014
Curtis LeMay, Gen, USAAF – Air Forcefulness Chief of Staff
Douglas MacArthur, GA, US Army – with two Oak Leaf Clusters (also Medal of Honor, 7 Silver Stars, and 3 French Croix de Guerre)
Gordon H. Mansfield, Capt, US Army – Deputy Secretarial assistant of Section of Veterans Affairs
Peyton C. March, Gen, Usa Ground forces – Army Chief of Staff
Anthony McAuliffe, Gen, U.s.a. Army – Led defense of Bastogne
Barry McCaffrey, Gen, US Army – (two awards)
John McNulty (also awarded Navy Cross)
Louis Gonzaga Mendez, Jr., Col, United states of america Army – battalion commander, 82nd Airborne Sectionalization
Billy Mitchell, Brig Gen, U.S. Army Air Service
Dudley W. Morton, Capt, US Navy – as well four Navy Crosses
Henry Mucci, Usa Regular army
Kenneth Muir VC, British Ground forces
Audie Spud, Major, Usa Ground forces – Medal of Honor recipient
John Henry Parker, Brig Gen, John "Gatling Gun" Parker, US Army – with three Oak Leaf Clusters
George Due south. Patton, Gen, U.s.a. Army – with one Oak Leaf Cluster
George Patton Four, Maj Gen, Usa Army – with ane Oak Leaf Cluster
Keith Payne VC, OAM, Australian Army
Thomas Payne, Sergeant Major, U.South. Ground forces – upgraded to the Medal of Award
John J. Pershing, GAS, The states Army
Pascal Poolaw, He is the United States' most busy Native American.
Chesty Puller, Lt Gen, USMC (additionally he received a total of five Navy Crosses, for a total of six service crosses, 1 DSC and 5 Navy Crosses)
Howard Knox Ramey, U.s. Army
William John Read, Lieutenant in the Purple Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve; Coastwatcher during World War Two.
Eddie Rickenbacker, Capt, U.S. Ground forces Air Service – with vi Oak Leaf Clusters (Rickenbacker originally received 8 DSCs, simply 1 was later upgraded to the Medal of Accolade)
Matthew B. Ridgway, Gen, The states Ground forces – with ane Oak Foliage Cluster, Ground forces Chief of Staff
Keller E. Rockey, USMC
Bernard W. Rogers Gen, US Regular army
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Brig Gen, US Army – Medal of Honor recipient
Maurice Rose, Maj Gen U.s.a. Army
Robert Rosenthal, Lt Col U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 airplane pilot in World War Ii, xvi awards including Argent Star (with oak leaf cluster), Distinguished Flying Cross (with cluster), Air Medal (with vii clusters), Purple Heart (with cluster), likewise as Distinguished Flight Cantankerous from Cracking U.k. and Croix de Guerre from France.
Andrew Summers Rowan, US Army
Alfredo M. Santos, Philippine Regular army
Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., USMC
Oliver Prince Smith, Gen, USMC
Isabel Stambaugh, Army Nurse Corps – ane of only 4 female person recipients of the DSC
Joseph Stilwell, Gen, The states Regular army – Commander of the Prc Burma Republic of india Theater
Maxwell D. Taylor, Gen, The states Regular army – Army Principal of Staff
Gerald C. Thomas, Gen, USMC – Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
James A. Van Armada, Gen, US Army – with two Oak Foliage Clusters
John Paul Vann, Lt Col, US civilian at fourth dimension of accolade
Jesús Villamor, Philippine Army Air Corps – with one Oak Foliage Cluster
Walton Walker, Gen, US Army – with one Oak Foliage Cluster
Robert B. Williams, U.Due south. Army Air Forces
Richard Winters, Major, US Army – "Band of Brothers"
George Frederick Wootten, Australian general
Alvin York, Major, US Army – upgraded to the Medal of Honor.
Edward F. Younger, United states of america Ground forces – Usa Soldier called to select the Unknown Soldier for the The states after World War I

Revocation [edit]

In a number of cases, an award of the Distinguished Service Cross has later been revoked. In about cases, this has been for one of iii reasons: the honor was upgraded to the Medal of Honor, duplicate awards had been fabricated to the same recipient for the same activeness past two dissimilar headquarters, or the award had been revoked to allow republication with a new and revised award citation. Such revocations have occurred over the history of the ornament.

I of the earliest such cases involves one of the most famous American soldiers of World War I, Alvin York, who initially received a Distinguished Service Cross which was upgraded to the Medal of Honor. And as noted in a higher place under "Notable Recipients", top American World War I ace pilot Eddie Rickenbacker originally received eight DSCs, but one was upgraded in 1930 to the Medal of Honor. In 1980, MSG Roy P. Benavidez, a U.Southward. Army 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 anniversary on February 24, 1981.

A number of DSC revocations and upgrades to the Medal of Honor were the result of reviews initiated by the Regular army or mandated by the U.s. Congress. In the early 1990s the Army began a review of discrimination confronting black soldiers in World State of war II, none of whom had received the Medal of Accolade only several of whom had received lesser awards. Afterward, the Department of Defense force Authorisation Act 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 War II Service" and the National Defense force Potency Act for 2002 provided for a "Review Regarding Honour of Medal of Honor to Certain Jewish American and Hispanic American War Veterans".^[35] At that place is currently a petition circulating to upgrade the Distinguished Service Cross of Major Richard Winters to a Medal of Accolade.

In January 1997, as a effect of its review, the Army revoked six awards of the Distinguished Service Cantankerous to black soldiers and upgraded them to the Medal of Honour. These were to Vernon Bakery, Edward A. Carter, Jr., John R. Flim-flam, Willy F. James, Jr., Charles L. Thomas and George Watson.^[36] In 2001, the Army officially revoked 21 awards of the Distinguished Service Cross and one of the Argent Star to Asian-American soldiers, mostly Japanese-American, whose awards were upgraded to the Medal of Honor.^[37] Among those whose DSC was upgraded was U.Due south. 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 November 2005 (Section of the Army General Order No. ix of 2005), afterward his DSC was upgraded to the Medal of Honor in December 2002 (Department of the Ground forces General Order No. fourteen of 2002). Another Vietnam State of war helicopter pilot, Bruce P. Crandall, was awarded the DSC in June 2001 (General Order No. 25 of 2001). This laurels was rescinded in November 2005 when a new citation was issued (General Guild No. nine of 2005), but the DSC itself was afterward upgraded to the Medal of Honour, which was presented in February 2007 (the DSC was revoked in General Order No. 3 of 2007).

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External links [edit]

Distinguished Service Cross Recipients, World War I, 1917-1918
U.s.a. Regular army Plant of Heraldry: Distinguished Service Cross
Home of Heroes page on the Distinguished Service Cross
Legion of Valor
Military Times Hall of Valor, Distiniguished Service Cantankerous
DSC Database – Database of all DSC recipients