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The U.S. Army awards the medal as the "Silver Star". The U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard award the medal as the "Silver Star Medal". [6] Since 21 December 2016, the Department of Defense (DoD) refers to the decoration as the "Silver Star Medal". [5]
Pages in category "Recipients of the Silver Star" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,871 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Distinguished Service Cross is awarded to a person who, while serving in any capacity with the Army (or in the Air Force, before 1960), distinguishes themselves by extraordinary heroism not justifying the award of a Medal of Honor; while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States; while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing/foreign force; or ...
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 ...
Silver Star: 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines: May 8–14, 2005 [35] Karabilah (Battle of Al-Qa'im) Held the battle position of his platoon protecting the Task Force flank for six days, personally directing two casualty evacuations, three vehicle recovery operations and multiple close air support missions under enemy small arms, machine gun and mortar ...
Joshua Wheeler †: Master Sergeant in Delta Force, and Silver Star recipient (posthumously) who was the first American service member killed in action as a result of enemy fire while fighting ISIS militants. He was also the first American to be killed in action in Iraq since November 2011. [21] [22]
Recipients of the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal (502 P) Recipients of the Air Medal (1 C, 1,666 P) ... Recipients of the Silver Star (1 C, ...
Leigh Ann Hester (born January 12, 1982) [2] is a United States Army National Guard soldier. While assigned to the 617th Military Police Company, [3] a Kentucky Army National Guard unit out of Richmond, Kentucky, [3] Hester received the Silver Star for her heroic actions on 20 March 2005 during an enemy ambush on a supply convoy near the town of Salman Pak, Iraq.