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Distinguished Service Cross

Siberia (August 1918 to Apr 1920)

CPL Leo Heinzmann, Los Angeles, CA, Company A, Romanovka, 25 Jun 1919
CPL Valeryan Brodnicki, Chicago, IL, Company A, Romanovka, 25 Jun 1919
2LT Lawrence D. Butler, San Francisco, CA, Company A, Romanovka,  25 Jun 1919
SGT James R. Canney, Dorchester, MA, Company D, Suchan Valley, 5 Jul 1919
SGT Ralph F. Cranford, Franklin, IN, Company C, Sitsa, 26 Jun 1919
SGT George De Battista, San Francisco, Company D, Suchan Valley,  5 Jul 1919
SGT Delbert Farrington, Greensboro, NC, Company M, Novitskaya, 2 Jul 1919
SGT Edward P. Polaska, Southbend, IN, Company D, Suchan Valley, 5 Jul 1919
CPL Arthur J. Booher, Pequot, MN, Company D, Suchan Valley,  5 Jul 1919
SGT Charles Franklenfeld, Tuckahoe, NY, Company H, Litovsk, 8 Aug 1919
CPL Arthur H. Vogel, Heber, CA, Company D, Sitsa, 26 Jun 1919
PFC Roy V. Jones, Knoxville, IA, Company A, Romanovka, 25 Jun 1919
PFC Ammot E. Lunsford, Claremore, OK, Company A, Romanovka, 25 Jun 1919
PFC Alphia Schurter, Hilltop, KS, Company D, Suchan Valley, 5 Jul 1919*
PVT George Strakey, Castlegate, UT, Company A, Romanovka, 25 Jun 1919
PVT John C. Martens, Anaheim, CA, Company C, Kazanka, 3 Jul 1919


Philippines (December 1941 to April 1942)
Awards are listed in LTC Jasper Brady's roster compiled while in captivity. Some may never have been presented because the awardee and all witnesses died in combat or captivity.

CPL Lloyd A. Hughes, Los Angeles, CA, HQ Company, Corregidor, 9 May 1942
PVT Donald F. Ingle, Lafayette, IL, HQ 3d Bn, Limay, 18 Jan 1942
MAJ Addison W. Dunham, Cambridge, NE, HQ 3d Bn, Mount Samat, 4 Apr 1942*
1LT John P. Flynn, Manila, PI, HQ 3d Bn, Abucay Hacienda, 17 Jan 1942
MAJ James J. O'Donovan, Cohoes, NY, HQ, 3d Bn, Abucay Hacienda, 23 Jan 1942
CPL Charles Ball, Browning, MT, Company B, Abucay Hacienda, 23 Jan 1942
PVT Ronald T. Wangberg, Jr., Boston, MA, Company B, Abucay Hacienda, 22 Jan 1942*
CPT Richard K. Carnahan, Lincoln, NE, Company C, Abucay Hacienda, 23 Jan 1942
SGT F. M. Brown, Chatham, NY, Company D, Mount Samat, 6 Apr 1942
PFC Elmer P. Buehrig, (home town unknown), Company F, Limay, 17 Jan 1942*
CPT Richard Roshe, Washington, DC, Company I, Abucay Hacienda, 23 Jan 1942
1SG John B. Glowacki, Syracuse, NY, Company I, Abucay Hacienda, 23 Jan 1942
SSG George F. Braga, Newport, RI, Company I, Layac, 3 Jan 1942
SGT Ray W. Chapman, Prairie Hill, TX, Company I, Abucay Hacienda, 20 Jan 1942
SGT Wyatt H. Irving, Long Beach, CA, Company I, Abucay Hacienda, 24 Jan 1942
SGT Harold M. Stamm, Allentown, PA,  Company I, Abucay Hacienda, 20 Jan 1942
CPL Richard Hinker, (home town unknown), Company I, Abucay Hacienda, 24 Jan 1942
2LT James I. Mallette, Los Angeles, CA, Company K, Abucay Hacienda, 24 Jan 1942
PFC Richard F Gomes, (Stockton, CA), Company K, Abucay Hacienda, 24 Jan 1942*
(NOTE: PFC Gomes was recommended for Medal of Honor for covering the withdrawal of
his company with an automatic rifle after he was wounded. He was killed in the process.)
2LT William Stewart, Van Alstyne, TX, Company L, Abucay Hacienda, 23 Jan 1942
1SG William B. McNulty, Cambridge, MA, Company L, Abucay Hacienda, 23 Jan 1942
SGT Stanley R. Monroe, Alamosa, CO, Company L, Limay, 19 Jan 1942
PFC Peter Economopolos, (home town unknown), Company L, Abucay Hacienda, 24 Jan 1942
SGT Jesse Burbank, Cement, OK, Company M, Abucay Hacienda, 24 Jan 1942*
SGT Leonard A. Gibbs, Willis, TX, Regt'l Aid Station, Abucay Hacienda, 22 Jan 1942
CPT John J. Brennan, Waterloo, IA, 3d Bn Medical Det, Abucay Hacienda, 22 Jan 1942
PFC Lawrence C. Hall, Jellico, TN, 3d Bn Medical Det, Abucay Hacienda, 20 Jan 1942
PFC James B. Kinyon, (home town unknown), 3d Bn Medical Det, Abucay Hacienda, 20 Jan 1942*
PFC John G. Lally, Shawnee, KS, 3d Bn Medical Det, Abucay Hacienda, 20 Jan 1942
PVT George E. Morgan, Bad Axe, MI, 3d Bn Medical Det, Abucay Hacienda, 22 Jan 1942
PVT William O. Mann, (home town unknown), 3d Bn Medical Det, Limay, 19 Jan 1942*


Korea (Sep 1950 to Jul 1953)

CPT Earle H. Jordan, Jr., Company M, 28 Nov-2 Dec 1950 (Chosin Reservoir)
1LT Alfred J. Anderson, Company B, 29-30 Nov 1950 (Chosin Reservoir)
CPT George R. Cody, Heavy Mortar Company, 1 Dec 1950 (Chosin Reservoir) *
1LT Robert G. Schmitt, Company M, 1 Dec 1950 (Chosin Reservoir) *
LTC Richard F. Reidy, HQ 2d Bn, 29 Nov-4 Dec 1950 (Koto-ri)
SGT George H. Paine, Company H, 30 Nov 1950 (Koto-ri) *
1LT JOHN E. GRAY,Company M, 28 Nov-2 Dec 1950 (Chosin Reservoir).
PFC Robert J. Avington, Company D, 30 May 1951
1LT Richard T. Smock, Company I, 6 Jun 1951*
1SG Benjamin F. Wilson, Company I, 9 Jun 1951
PFC Floyd Shepard, Company L, 8 Jun 1951*
1LT Charles A Carpy, GO 55 HQ 7th Inf Div, 6 Feb 1952
PFC Willie B. DeHerrera, Company I, 26 Oct 1951*
1LT John A. Hemphill,
SGT Emmit L. Randolph, Company C, 14 Oct 1952 (Triangle Hill)
COL Lloyd R. Moses, HHC 31st Infantry, 15 Oct 1952 (Triangle Hill)
CPT Joseph V. Giesemann, Jr., Company F, 15 Oct 1952 (Triangle Hill)
1LT William C. Knapp, 31st Infantry, 15-16 Oct 1952 (Triangle Hill) *
1LT Max Stover, Company I, 16 Oct 1952 (Sandy Ridge, Jane Russell Hill)*
SFC Milton L. Peters, Jr., Company G, 16 Oct 1952
1LT Joseph G. Clemons, Company K, 28 Oct 1952
2LT Alan C. Felger,
CPT Melvin Garten, Company K, 30 Oct 1952
SFC Donald C. Rogers, Company F, 31 Oct 1952 *
PFC Raymond L. Hatfield*
1LT James O. Beckett, Company I, 25 Jan 1953
PFC Joseph E Smith, Company B, 16 Apr 1953 (OP Dale)


Vietnam and Cambodia (August 1966 to October 1971)

SP4 James Barrios, Company D, 6th Battalion, , Cai Nua, Vietnam, 12 Jan 1969*
1LT Kevin G. Burke, Company A, 4th Battalion, 20 Nov 1968*
MAJ Gilbert N. Dorland, HHC 4th Battalion, Que Son Valley, Vietnam, 23 Nov 1967
SP4 Richard A Green, Company C, 4th Battalion, 23 May 1967
SGT Wilson J. Isenhart, Company A, 4th Battalion, 28 Feb 1967
SP4 John A Jablonski, Company C, 6th Battalion, Can Giuoc District, Vietnam, 8 Aug 1968*
SP4 Dennis K. Jones, Company B, 6th Battalion, Cholon, Vietnam, 10-12 May 1968*
SP4 Larry D Nelson, Company C, 6th Battalion, Can Giuoc District, Vietnam, 7 August 1968.*
Sp4 Calvin Robinson, Company D, 6th Battalion, Cai Nua, Vietnam, 12 Jan 1969*
SP4 Gregory A Russell, Company C, 6th Battalion, Da Phuoc, Vietnam, 11 May 1968.*
SP4 Dennis K. Walker, Company D, 6th Battalion, Thnaot, Cambodia,  10 May 1970.
PFC Daniel Wood, Company D, 6th Battalion, Thnaot, Cambodia, 10 May 1970.

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