Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Navy Distinguished Service Medal | |
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Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Department of Defense: Silver Star Medal[5] |
The Navy Distinguished Service Medal is a
Navy Distinguished Service Medal is equivalent to the Army's
History
At the start of
Criteria
The Navy Distinguished Service Medal is bestowed upon members of the Navy or Marine Corps who distinguish themselves by exceptionally meritorious service to the
Appearance
The Navy Distinguished Service Medal is a gilt bronze medallion 1.25 inches (32 mm) in diameter. The obverse of the medal depicts an American bald eagle in the center displaying its wings. The eagle holds an olive branch in its right talon and arrows in its left talons. The eagle is surrounded by a blue enameled ring with the words, • UNITED • STATES • OF • AMERICA • at the top and • NAVY • at the bottom. Surrounding the blue enamel ring is a gold border of scroll waves depicted moving in a clockwise direction. The medal is surmounted by a white five-pointed star, point up, the points of the star being tipped with gold balls. In the center of the star is a blue anchor, while gold rays radiate between the arms of the star.[4]
The reverse of the medal depicts a trident surrounded by a laurel wreath. The wreath is surrounded by a blue enamel ring containing the inscription FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE. Like the obverse, the blue enamel ring on the reverse is surrounded by scroll waves.[4]
The medal's suspension and service ribbon is navy blue with a single central stripe of yellow. Additional awards of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal are denoted by gold and silver
Notable recipients
- James F. Amos (2 awards)
- Edwin Anderson Jr.
- George W. Anderson(2 awards)
- John C. Aquilino (2 awards)
- David Architzel (2 awards)
- Jackson D. Arnold
- Stanley R. Arthur(3 awards)
- Bernard L. Austin (3 awards)
- Lee Baggett Jr. (2 awards)
- David W. Bagley
- Worth H. Bagley
- Ralph A. Bard
- George Barnett
- Micheal Barrett
- Robert H. Barrow
- Reginald R. Belknap
- William S. Benson
- Delbert Black
- William H. P. Blandy (4 awards)
- Walter F. Boone
- Jeremy M. Boorda (4 awards)[8]
- Frank L. Bowman
- Alpha L. Bowser
- Omar Bradley
- Ted N. Branch
- Robert P. Briscoe
- Mark L. Bristol
- George S. Brown
- Miles Browning
- Arleigh Burke (3 awards)
- James B. Busey IV (3 awards)
- Duane R. Bushey
- John D. Butler
- Smedley Butler
- Richard E. Byrd (2 awards)
- James F. Caldwell Jr. (2 awards)
- Albert M. Calland III
- Joe Campa
- William B. Caperton
- Robert B. Carney(4 awards)
- Clifton B. Cates (2 awards)
- Leonard F. Chapman Jr. (3 awards)
- Jehu V. Chase
- Claire L. Chennault
- Henry G. Chiles Jr.
- Albert T. Church III
- Bernard A. Clarey (5 awards)
- Vern Clark (3 awards)
- Archie R. Clemins (3 awards)
- Robert E. Cleary
- Bruce W. Clingan (3 awards)
- Richard G. Colbert (2 awards)
- Robert H. Conn
- Michael J. Connor
- James T. Conway
- Charles M. Cooke Jr.
- Robert Coontz
- John G. Cotton
- Ralph W. Cousins (3 awards)
- James W. Crawford III
- Leland D. Crawford
- Thomas S. Crow
- William J. Crowe (3 awards)
- Maurice E. Curts (2 awards)
- Robert E. Cushman Jr. (4 awards)
- Peter H. Daly (2 awards)
- Philip S. Davidson (2 awards)
- Arthur C. Davis (2 awards)
- Donald C. Davis
- Guy E Davis
- Bruce DeMars
- Nanette M. DeRenzi
- Martin Dempsey
- Louis E. Denfeld
- Robert L. Dennison
- Nanette M. DeRenzi
- Vincent P. de Poix (3 awards)
- Louis R. de Steiguer
- Kirkland H. Donald (3 awards)
- Walter Doran (2 awards)
- Charles A. Doyen
- Charles K. Duncan
- Kevin M. Donegan (2 awards)
- Joseph Dunford
- Charles W. Dyson
- Edward W. Eberle
- Thomas A. Edison
- Leon A. Edney (2 awards)
- Richard S. Edwards
- Robert L. Eichelberger (4 awards)
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- James O. Ellis
- Edward Ellsberg
- John L. Estrada
- Craig S. Faller
- William J. Fallon
- Thomas B. Fargo (4 awards)
- William Fechteler (2 awards)
- Harry D. Felt (2 awards)
- Mark E. Ferguson III (3 awards)
- James Fife (3 awards)
- James R. Fitzgerald (2 awards)
- Mark P. Fitzgerald (2 awards)
- William J. Flanagan Jr.
- Frank F. Fletcher
- Frank J. Fletcher
- James G. Foggo III (2 awards)
- Sylvester R. Foley Jr. (2 awards)
- Ignatius J. Galantin
- Daniel V. Gallery
- Roy Alexander Gano
- Noel A. M. Gayler(2 awards)
- Edmund P. Giambastiani(5 awards)
- Albert Gleaves
- William E. Gortney (2 awards)
- Christopher W. Grady
- Alfred M. Gray Jr. (2 awards)
- Collin P. Green
- Jonathan W. Greenert (6 awards)[9]
- Wallace M. Greene (2 awards)
- Charles D. Griffin (2 awards)
- John Hagan
- Alexander Haig
- John L. Hall, Jr.
- William F. Halsey, Jr.(4 awards)
- Cecil D. Haney (2 awards)
- Huntington Hardisty
- Harry B. Harris Jr. (3 awards)
- Thomas C. Hart (2 awards)
- John C. Harvey Jr. (2 awards)
- Ronald J. Hays (3 awards)
- Thomas B. Hayward (3 awards)
- Arthur Japy Hepburn
- James L. Herdt
- Diego E. Hernández
- H. Kent Hewitt(2 awards)
- Frank T. Hines
- Thomas Holcomb
- James L. Holloway Jr.
- James L. Holloway III (4 awards)
- Ephraim P. Holmes
- Wilfred Holmes
- James R. Hogg (2 awards)
- Herbert G. Hopwood
- Frederick J. Horne
- Michelle Howard (2 awards)
- Charles F. Hughes
- John J. Hyland (2 awards)
- Royal E. Ingersoll
- Stuart H. Ingersoll (2 awards)
- Jonas H. Ingram (3 awards)
- Bobby Inman
- David E. Jeremiah (5 awards)
- Jay L. Johnson
- Jerome L. Johnson
- Means Johnston Jr. (2 awards)
- David C. Jones
- Hilary P. Jones
- Sara A. Joyner
- Timothy J. Keating (2 awards)
- Frank B. Kelso II(3 awards)
- Paul X. Kelley
- Carlton W. Kent
- Joseph D. Kernan (2 awards)
- Margaret G. Kibben
- Isaac C. Kidd Jr. (3 awards)
- Ernest J. King (3 awards)
- Thomas C. Kinkaid (3 awards)
- George E. R. Kinnear II (2 awards)
- John Kirby
- Alan G. Kirk
- Austin M. Knight
- Charles C. Krulak (2 awards)
- Henry Louis Larsen (2 awards)
- Charles R. Larson (7 awards)
- Edwin T. Layton
- William D. Leahy (3 awards)
- Julien J. LeBourgeois (2 awards)[10]
- Lewis G. Lee
- John A. Lejeune
- Lyman Lemnitzer
- Samuel J. Locklear (2 awards)
- Charles A. Lockwood (3 awards)
- Robert L. J. Long (2 awards)
- Thomas J. Lopez (2 awards)
- James Lyons (2 awards)
- Douglas MacArthur
- Harold M. Martin
- James N. Mattis
- Henry H. Mauz Jr. (3 awards)
- Henry T. Mayo
- Mildred H. McAfee
- John S. McCain Sr. (3 awards)
- John S. McCain Jr. (2 awards)
- Keith B. McCutcheon (3 awards)
- David L. McDonald (2 awards)
- Wesley L. McDonald (2 awards)
- Kinnaird R. McKee
- Alford L. McMichael
- Joseph V. Medina
- George E. Mayer
- Wayne E. Meyer
- Frederick H. Michaelis (2 awards)
- Richard W. Mies
- Paul D. Miller (3 awards)
- Marc Mitscher (3 awards)
- Ben Moreell (2 awards)
- Thomas H. Moorer(5 awards)
- William F. Moran (2 awards)
- Michael Mullen (2 awards)
- Carl E. Mundy Jr.
- Charles L. Munns (2 awards)
- Orin G. Murfin
- Daniel J. Murphy
- Dennis J. Murphy
- John Murtha
- Richard Myers
- John B. Nathman (4 awards)
- Robert J. Natter (5 awards)
- Wendell C. Neville(2 awards)
- Chester W. Nimitz (4 awards)
- Eric T. Olson
- William A. Owens (2 awards)
- Peter Pace
- Randolph M. Pate
- Frank E. Petersen
- Donald L. Pilling
- William H. Plackett
- John Cyril Porte
- Carol M. Pottenger
- Colin Powell
- William V. Pratt
- Joseph W. Prueher
- Sean A. Pybus
- Arthur W. Radford (4 awards)
- Marion Frederic Ramírez de Arellano
- DeWitt Clinton Ramsey (2 awards)
- J. Paul Reason
- Joseph M. Reeves
- Eli T. Reich(2 awards)
- John M. Richardson (3 awards)
- Claude V. Ricketts
- Hyman G. Rickover (3 awards)
- Herbert D. Riley
- Maurice H. Rindskopf
- Horacio Rivero Jr. (3 awards)
- Joseph Rochefort (Posthumously awarded in 1985)
- Carson Abel Roberts
- Louis Robertshaw
- Samuel M. Robinson
- Hugh Rodman
- Bernard W. Rogers
- Michael S. Rogers
- Gary Roughead (2 awards)
- Ross E. Rowell
- James S. Russell(2 awards)
- John H. Russell Jr.
- Billy C. Sanders
- Harry Schmidt (3 awards)
- Terry D. Scott
- David F. Sellers
- Benedict J. Semmes, Jr.[11]
- James E. Service[12]
- Sumner Shapiro
- U. S. Grant Sharp Jr. (2 awards)
- Harold E. Shear (2 awards)
- Alan Shepard
- Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr.
- Forrest P. Sherman
- Eric Shinseki
- David M. Shoup
- John H. Sides
- William Sims
- William N. Small (2 awards)
- Edward H. Smith[13]
- Leighton W. Smith Jr.
- Harold Page Smith
- Holland M. Smith(4 awards)
- William D. Smith (2 awards)
- David W. Sommers
- Raymond A. Spruance (3 awards)
- William H. Standley
- Harold R. Stark(3 awards)
- James G. Stavridis
- Clark Daniel Stearns
- Michael D. Stevens
- Vincent R. Stewart
- James Stockdale (3 awards)
- Joseph C. Strasser[14]
- Joseph Strauss
- Lewis Strauss
- William O. Studeman
- Felix Stump
- Scott H. Swift (3 awards)
- David W. Taylor
- Montgomery M. Taylor
- John S. Thach(2 awards)
- Kurt W. Tidd
- Jan E. Tighe
- John H. Towers
- Patricia Ann Tracey
- Harry D. Train II (4 awards)
- Carlisle Trost (3 awards)
- Jeffrey E. Trussler
- Richmond K. Turner (4 awards)
- Stansfield Turner
- Nathan F. Twining
- Pedro del Valle
- Alexander Vandegrift
- John W. Vessey Jr.
- Russell R. Waesche
- Robert Walker
- Patrick M. Walsh (3 awards)
- Thomas Washington
- James Watkins (3 awards)
- John P. Weinel (4 awards)
- Maurice F. Weisner (4 awards)
- Edward F. Welch, Jr.
- Waldemar F.A. Wendt(3 awards)
- Robert Wertheim (2 awards)
- Rick West
- Steven A. White
- John Whittet
- Alfred J. Whittle Jr. (2 awards)
- Henry A. Wiley
- Charles E. Wilhelm
- Theodore S. Wilkinson
- Robert F. Willard (3 awards)
- Henry B. Wilson
- James A. Winnefeld, Jr.
- Clark H. Woodward (2 awards)
- Jerauld Wright (2 awards)
- Harry E. Yarnell
- James A. Zimble
- Anthony Zinni
- Ronald J. Zlatoper
- Elmo Zumwalt (3 awards)
See also
- Awards and decorations of the United States military
- Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
- Coast and Geodetic Survey Distinguished Service Medal
- Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)
- Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal
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