Defense Distinguished Service Medal
The Defense Distinguished Service Medal is a United States military award which is presented for exceptionally distinguished performance of duty contributing to the national security or defense of the United States. The medal was created on July 9, 1970, by President Richard Nixon in Executive Order 11545.
Defense Distinguished Service Medal People (First 49 people) - Page 2
Lew Allen
Former Director of the National Security Agency of the USA
Jonathan Howe
Former Deputy National Security Advisor of the United States
Robert Abrams
Stacey Abrams' father
Robert P. Burke
Russel L. Honoré
General
Bernard Rogers
American composer
Wes Clark
American professional basketball player
William A. Knowlton
General
Anthony Rock
Australian rules football player
Carl A. Strock
Military personnel
Bruce McCandless
Officer
Tommy Frank
British boxer
James J. Lovelace
Thomas J. Lopez
Military officer
Mark E. Ferguson III
Naval officer
Mark P. Fitzgerald
Craig R. McKinley
General
John W. Hendrix
General
Wesley K. Clark
General
Curtis M. Scaparrotti
General
Michael Minihan
David W. Allvin
Lawrence D. Nicholson
Military personnel
Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr.
Jon M. Davis
General
John M. Richardson
Admiral
Robert Neller
General
Joseph L. Lengyel
Officer
Paul J. Selva
Aircraft pilot
Richard Myers
President of Kansas State University
Robert B. Abrams
General
Glen D. VanHerck
Robert T. Herres
General
Ricky L. Waddell
Former Deputy National Security Advisor of the United States
Thomas D. Waldhauser
General
Kurt W. Tidd
Commanding officer
Richard W. Mies
American football player
Darren W. McDew
General
C. Robert Kehler
General
James H. Dickinson
Eric T. Olson
Admiral
Robert E. Huyser
Military officer
Cecil D. Haney
Wayne A. Downing
Former Deputy National Security Advisor of the United States
William F. Garrison
General
Walter Doran
Gary Roughead
Commanding officer
