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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.
Brown receives the Silver Star from Vice President Dick Cheney in March 2008.. Monica Lin Brown (born 24 May 1988) [4] is a United States Army sergeant and medic who became the first woman during the War in Afghanistan and only the second woman since World War II to receive the Silver Star, the United States military's third-highest medal for valor in combat.
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 ...
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 large gold hue gilt-bronze star which displays a 3 ⁄ 16" Silver Star in the center of the medal hung from a red, white, and blue ribbon. Recipients of the Citation Star could exchange the award for the medal. In August 1932, Douglas MacArthur received the first Silver Star Medal, with one silver and one bronze oak ...
Privately run databases such as the "Military Times Hall of Valor" exist with documents of decorations of 100,000 servicemembers, [1] and some military organizations do keep comprehensive data on the numbers of awards received, notably the U.S. Army Human Resources Command, though it does not identify the names of individual recipients. [2]
Chilson's military awards and decorations include twelve individual decorations for combat he received from the U.S. Army for World War II: three Distinguished Service Crosses, three Silver Stars, one Legion of Merit, two Bronze Star Medals (one for heroism), and three Purple Hearts. [14] Seven of the twelve medals are decorations for valor.
The Silver Star: A History of America's Third Highest Award for Combat Valor by Fredric L. Borch III and William R. Westlake; Baltimore News-Post August 19, 1944. The Baltimore News-Post is defunct. Its archive is maintained by the Archives of the State of Maryland.