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Pages in category "Recipients of the Silver Star" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,870 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Silver Star Medal (SSM) [5] is the successor award to the Citation Star which was established by an Act of Congress on 9 July 1918, during World War I.On 19 July 1932, the Secretary of War approved the conversion of the Citation Star to the SSM with the original Citation Star incorporated into the center of the medal.
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.
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 ...
Thomas R. Norris – Vietnam War veteran, Medal of Honor recipient and retired FBI agent. Founding member of FBI Hostage Rescue Team in 1983. Eric T. Olson – Veteran of The First Battle of Mogadishu, Silver Star recipient, commanding officer of Naval Special Warfare Development Group from 1994 to 1997. Former commander, Naval Special Warfare ...
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.
Resh’s son, U.S. Army Captain Mark Resh, a Silver Star Recipient, was an Apache helicopter pilot who was killed in action during combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2007.