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Revised and Updated: July 15, 2008
Recipients of the
Army Distinguished Service Medal
| Up until World War I the ONLY medal
authorized for award to members of the U.S. Army was the Medal of Honor.
On January 2, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson issued a Presidential Order
establishing the Army's Distinguished Service Cross, an award ONLY for
valor in combat as the Army's second highest award, and the Army
Distinguished Service Medal, which could be presented for both combat
and non-combat actions of distinguished service. (The same Presidential
Order also established the Silver Star Citation which eventually became
the Silver Star Medal.)
While the Medal of Honor is reserved ONLY for members of U.S. Military Forces, both the DSC and the DSM are authorized for presentation to American Civilians and to Foreign Allies. In all cases it is awarded for:
The Army Distinguished Service Medal is awarded to members of all branches of service, including civilians and foreign Allies, and in all cases where there is a subsequent award an Oak Leaf Cluster is worn in lieu of the second or additional awards. In the case of a SIXTH award, a Silver Oak Leaf Cluster would be worn in lieu of the DSM and four Bronze OLCs, but to date no person has earned more than FIVE awards of the Army DSM. That record is shared by SIX different members of the Army:
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To date we have identified nearly 5,000 recipients of the Army Distinguished Service Medal in History, comprising an estimated 95% of all award recipients through 1975. The below summary is a work-in-progress, posted when this page went online in July 2008. |
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Statistical Summary of DSM Awards |
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| Event | Army | USAF* | Navy | USMC | Civilian | Foreign |
TOTAL |
| Indian Campaigns** | 7 | 7 | |||||
| Interim (1871-1898)** | 7 | 7 | |||||
| Spanish-American War** | 74 | 74 | |||||
| Philippine Insurrection** | 75 | 75 | |||||
| China (Boxer Rebellion)** | 7 | 7 | |||||
| Interim (1899-1910)** | 24 | 24 | |||||
| Mexican Border Wars** | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Interim (1910-1917)** | 19 | 19 | |||||
| World War I | 1,192 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 68 | 548 | 1,881 |
| Influenza Epidemic 1918 | 6 | 6 | |||||
| North Russia 1918-1919 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Siberia 1919-1920 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Interim (1918-1942) | 17 | 8 | 25 | ||||
| World War II | 1,275 | 87 | 30 | 6 | 15 | 45 | 1,458 |
| Korea | 9 | 1 | 9 | 19 | |||
| Cold War | 175 | 175 | |||||
| Vietnam | 541 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 545 | ||
| 1946 - 1975 | 402 | 223 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 648 |
| TOTALS | 3,848 | 351 | 89 | 18 | 88 | 595 | 4,989 |
* Includes U.S. Army Air Corps (WWI) and U.S. Army Air Force (WWII)
**DSC issued in lieu of previously awarded Certificate of Merit or upgraded from D.S.M. issued in lieu of CM
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