National Defense Service Medal

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National Defense Service Medal

HONOR

Given to active-duty personnel during wartime, starting in 1950.

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Walter E. Boomer Military 22-Sep-1938 Retired General, US Marine Corps

Carl Brashear Military 19-Jan-1931 25-Jul-2006 Navy diver

Anthony G. Brown Politician 21-Nov-1961 Lt. Governor of Maryland

John T. Chain Military 11-Dec-1934 C-in-C, Strategic Air Command, 1986-91

William J. Crowe, Jr. Government 2-Jan-1925 18-Oct-2007 US Navy Admiral

Ralph E. Eberhart Military c. 1946 Commander of NORAD, 2002-05

Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr. Military 4-May-1948 Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2005-07

J. Scott Gration Military ? Major General, USAF (Ret.)

Nidal Malik Hasan Military 8-Sep-1970 Fort Hood shooting

Lewis B. Hershey Military 12-Sep-1893 20-May-1977 Director of Selective Service System

Bill Johnson Politician 10-Nov-1954 Congressman, Ohio 6th

James L. Jones Military 19-Dec-1943 US National Security Advisor, 2009-10

John Kerry Politician 11-Dec-1943 US Senator from Massachusetts

Mark Kirk Politician 15-Sep-1959 US Senator from Illinois

Charles C. Krulak Military 4-Mar-1942 US Marine Corps Commandant, 1995-99

James Mattis Military 8-Sep-1950 Commander-in-Chief, CENTCOM

Raymond T. Odierno Military c. 1954 US Army Chief of Staff

Steve Stivers Politician 24-Mar-1965 Congressman, Ohio 15th

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