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Pages in category "Recipients of the Silver Star" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,873 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Air Force has awarded the Silver Star to a female airman for the first time following her role in the shootdown of more than 80 Iranian drones that were part of Iran's large missile and drone ...
The Silver Star Medal is a gold five-pointed star, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (38 mm) in circumscribing diameter with a laurel wreath encircling rays from the center and a 3 ⁄ 16 inch (4.8 mm) diameter silver star superimposed in the center. The pendant is suspended from a rectangular shaped metal loop with rounded corners.
Silver Star: 2nd Battalion 4th Marines: April 6–7, 2004 [32] Ramadi (First Battle) Repeatedly exposed himself to intense small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire while leading his company in the elimination of 250 insurgents during a two-day period, personally destroying several enemy fighting positions. [32] Steven Davis: Staff Sergeant ...
CH-46 Helicopter crew chief, originally awarded Silver Star which was upgraded in 2015 Gerald D. Ambrose Marine Corps Lance Corporal Quảng Nam Province January 8, 1970 Squad leader Willet R. Amendola † Marine Corps Corporal Quảng Nam Province November 2, 1967 Mortar man John J. Anderson Marine Corps Sergeant South Vietnam October 27, 1965
Lance Corporal Dennis Scalici, a fire team leader with Lima Company, received two Silver Stars within a four-month period. Lance Corporal Timothy Gene Carter †, Mortar Team Leader, was awarded the Silver Star along with 6 other medals posthumously (1969). Carter was the highest decorated Marine from Nevada of the Vietnam War.
John Sykes, a veteran hard-rock guitarist who was a member of Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy and the Tygers of Pan Tang, has died, according to a post on his official Facebook page. He had battled cancer ...
The star-studded ceremony featured Michael Jackson as best man and Elizabeth Taylor as maid of honor. Liza Minnelli and husband Mark Gero, circa 1981, in New York City. But happily ever wasn’t ...