Awarded by the U.S. military to soldiers who display perform outstanding meritorious achievement or service. Created in 1969.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Air Force Amy |
Pornstar |
c. 1965 |
|
Moonlite Bunny Ranch |
| Keith B. Alexander |
Military |
1952 |
|
Director, National Security Agency |
| Christopher C. Ames |
Military |
c. 1954 |
|
US Navy Rear Admiral |
| Scott C. Black |
Attorney |
? |
|
US Army Judge Advocate General |
| Dennis C. Blair |
Government |
4-Feb-1947 |
|
Director of National Intelligence, 2009-10 |
| Jeremy M. Boorda |
Military |
26-Nov-1939 |
16-May-1996 |
Chief of Naval Operations, 1994-96 |
| Marvin D. Brailsford |
Business |
31-Jan-1939 |
|
Retired US Army Lt. General |
| George W. Casey, Jr. |
Military |
21-Jul-1948 |
|
US Army Chief of Staff, 2007-11 |
| Vernon E. Clark |
Military |
7-Sep-1944 |
|
US Chief of Naval Operations, 2000-05 |
| James T. Conway |
Military |
26-Dec-1947 |
|
Commandant of the Marine Corps |
| Bruce DeMars |
Military |
3-Jun-1935 |
|
Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion |
| Dale Dye |
Actor |
8-Oct-1944 |
|
Warriors, Inc. |
| Ralph E. Eberhart |
Military |
c. 1946 |
|
Commander of NORAD, 2002-05 |
| James O. Ellis, Jr. |
Military |
20-Jul-1947 |
|
C-in-C of US Strategic Command, 2001-02 |
| William J. Fallon |
Military |
30-Dec-1944 |
|
C-in-C, US Central Command, 2007-08 |
| Ronald R. Fogleman |
Military |
27-Jan-1942 |
|
USAF Chief of Staff, 1994-97 |
| Donald Fowler |
Government |
12-Sep-1935 |
|
DNC chairman, 1995-97 |
| Jay Garner |
Military |
15-Apr-1938 |
|
Ex-Director of Reconstruction of Iraq |
| Dave Gaubatz |
Activist |
? |
|
Muslim Mafia |
| Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr. |
Military |
4-May-1948 |
|
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2005-07 |
| Lloyd V. Hackley |
Educator |
c. 1940 |
|
Chancellor of Fayetteville State University |
| Michael V. Hayden |
Government |
17-Mar-1945 |
|
Former Director of the CIA |
| William J. Haynes II |
Government |
30-Mar-1958 |
|
DOD General Counsel, 2001-08 |
| Robert T. Herres |
Military |
12-Jan-1932 |
24-Jul-2008 |
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs, 1987-90 |
| Russel Honore |
Military |
1947 |
|
Three-star general |
| Grace Murray Hopper |
Computer Programmer |
9-Dec-1906 |
1-Jan-1992 |
Computer programming pioneer |
| Bill Johnson |
Politician |
10-Nov-1954 |
|
Congressman, Ohio 6th |
| Jay L. Johnson |
Military |
5-Jun-1946 |
|
US Chief of Naval Operations, 1996-2000 |
| John P. Jumper |
Military |
4-Feb-1945 |
|
USAF Chief of Staff, 2001-05 |
| Janis Karpinski |
Military |
c. 1953 |
|
Brig. General in charge of Abu Ghraib prison |
| John M. Keane |
Military |
1-Feb-1943 |
|
US Army Vice Chief of Staff, 1999-2003 |
| Frank B. Kelso II |
Military |
11-Jul-1933 |
|
Chief of Naval Operations, 1990-94 |
| Leslie F. Kenne |
Military |
c. 1949 |
|
Retired Lt. General, US Air Force |
| Charles C. Krulak |
Military |
4-Mar-1942 |
|
US Marine Corps Commandant, 1995-99 |
| Lester L. Lyles |
Military |
20-Apr-1946 |
|
Commander, USAF Materiel Command, 2000-03 |
| James Mattis |
Military |
8-Sep-1950 |
|
Commander-in-Chief, CENTCOM |
| Haldane Robert Mayer |
Judge |
21-Feb-1941 |
|
US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit |
| Stanley McChrystal |
Military |
14-Aug-1954 |
|
Commander, US Forces Afghanistan, 2009-10 |
| Gary E. McCullough |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of Career Education |
| Thomas McInerney |
Military |
1937 |
|
Fox News military analyst |
| T. Michael Moseley |
Military |
3-Sep-1949 |
|
USAF Chief of Staff, 2005-08 |
| Michael Mullen |
Military |
4-Oct-1946 |
|
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2007-11 |
| Richard Myers |
Military |
1-Mar-1942 |
|
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2001-05 |
| Lloyd W. Newton |
Military |
26-Jun-1942 |
|
USAF General |
| Jim Nicholson |
Government |
4-Feb-1938 |
|
US Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
| Raymond T. Odierno |
Military |
c. 1954 |
|
US Army Chief of Staff |
| M. Scott Peck |
Author |
22-May-1936 |
25-Sep-2005 |
The Road Less Traveled |
| Joseph W. Ralston |
Military |
4-Nov-1943 |
|
Supreme Allied Commander, 2000-03 |
| Charles A. Ray |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Cambodia, 2003-05 |
| Donald B. Rice |
Business |
4-Jun-1939 |
|
Secretary of the US Air Force, 1989-93 |
| Frances Rice |
Activist |
c. 1944 |
|
National Black Republican Association |
| 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 |
| Robert Scales |
Military |
5-Aug-1944 |
|
Military analyst |
| Peter Schoomaker |
Military |
12-Feb-1946 |
|
US Army Chief of Staff, 2003-07 |
| Joe Sestak |
Politician |
12-Dec-1951 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 2007-11 |
| Eric Shinseki |
Military |
28-Nov-1942 |
|
US Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
| John Spratt |
Politician |
1-Nov-1942 |
|
Congressman from South Carolina, 1983-2011 |
| Steve Stivers |
Politician |
24-Mar-1965 |
|
Congressman, Ohio 15th |
| Edward M. Straw |
Military |
c. 1939 |
|
Former US Navy Vice Admiral |
| Antonio Taguba |
Military |
31-Oct-1950 |
|
Authored Taguba Report on Abu Ghraib |
| Francis X. Taylor |
Government |
? |
|
Counterterrorism envoy, 2001-02 |
| Patricia A. Tracey |
Military |
30-Nov-1950 |
|
Former Vice Admiral, US Navy |
| Richard H. Truly |
Astronaut |
12-Nov-1937 |
|
NASA Administrator, 1989-92 |
| William L. Waller, Jr. |
Judge |
c. 1952 |
|
Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court |
| George H. Walls, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Retired USMC Brigadier General |
| Allen West |
Politician |
7-Feb-1961 |
|
Congressman, Florida 22nd |
| Togo West |
Government |
21-Jun-1942 |
|
US Secretary of the Army, Veterans Affairs |
| Robert F. Willard |
Military |
c. 1951 |
|
Commander-in-Chief, US Pacific Fleet |
| William Julius Wilson |
Sociologist |
20-Dec-1935 |
|
Poverty in America's inner cities |
| Steve Womack |
Politician |
18-Feb-1957 |
|
Congressman, Arkansas 3rd |
| Anthony Zinni |
Military |
17-Sep-1943 |
|
Former C-in-C, U.S. Central Command |
