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Navy Distinguished Service Medal

HONOR

Awarded by the US Navy since 1919 for "distinguishing oneself with exceptional meritorious service to the Government in a duty of great responsibility."

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Atanasoff
Inventor
4-Oct-1903 15-Jun-1995 Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Jeremy M. Boorda
Military
26-Nov-1939 16-May-1996 Chief of Naval Operations, 1994-96
Smedley Butler
Military
30-Jul-1881 21-Jun-1940 Exposed the 1933 coup plot
Vernon E. Clark
Military
7-Sep-1944   US Chief of Naval Operations, 2000-05
Bruce DeMars
Military
3-Jun-1935   Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Ronald R. Fogleman
Military
27-Jan-1942   USAF Chief of Staff, 1994-97
Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr.
Military
4-May-1948   Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2005-07
Lewis B. Hershey
Military
12-Sep-1893 20-May-1977 Director of Selective Service System
James L. Holloway III
Military
23-Feb-1922   Chief of Naval Operations, 1974-78
Grace Murray Hopper
Computer Programmer
9-Dec-1906 1-Jan-1992 Computer programming pioneer
David C. Jones
Military
9-Jul-1921   Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1978-82
John P. Jumper
Military
4-Feb-1945   USAF Chief of Staff, 2001-05
Jerome Karle
Chemist
18-Jun-1918   X-Ray diffraction studies
Frank B. Kelso II
Military
11-Jul-1933   Chief of Naval Operations, 1990-94
Alan G. Kirk
Military
30-Oct-1888 15-Oct-1963 US Navy Admiral, Ambassador to USSR
Charles R. Larson
Military
20-Nov-1936   C-in-C, US Pacific Command, 1991-94
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Military
29-Aug-1899 12-Nov-1988 Supreme Allied Commander, 1963-69
James Mattis
Military
8-Sep-1950   Commander-in-Chief, CENTCOM
John S. McCain, Jr.
Military
17-Jan-1911 22-Mar-1981 Admiral, Father of John McCain
Wesley L. McDonald
Military
6-Jul-1924 8-Feb-2008 Led 1983 invasion of Grenada
Thomas H. Moorer
Military
9-Feb-1912 5-Feb-2004 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1970-74
Michael Mullen
Military
4-Oct-1946   Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2007-11
Carl E. Mundy, Jr.
Military
16-Jul-1935   USMC Commandant, 1991-95
Gary Roughead
Military
c. 1951   Chief of Naval Operations
John R. Ryan
Military
15-Aug-1945   Chancellor of SUNY, 2006-07
Michael E. Ryan
Military
24-Dec-1941   USAF Chief of Staff, 1997-2001
Richard E. Smalley
Chemist
6-Jun-1943 28-Oct-2005 Co-Discovered fullerines
Patricia A. Tracey
Military
30-Nov-1950   Former Vice Admiral, US Navy
Bernard Trainor
Military
2-Sep-1928   Military analyst, ex-3 star Marine general
Carlisle Trost
Military
24-Apr-1930   Chief of Naval Operations, 1986-90
Nathan F. Twining
Military
11-Oct-1897 29-Mar-1982 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1957-60
John von Neumann
Mathematician
28-Dec-1903 8-Feb-1957 Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory
Carl E. Vuono
Military
18-Oct-1934   US Army Chief of Staff, 1987-91
Robert F. Willard
Military
c. 1951   Commander-in-Chief, US Pacific Fleet
Jerauld Wright
Military
4-Jun-1898 27-Apr-1995 US Atlantic Fleet Commander, 1954-60


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