This article contains a list of Wikipedia articles about recipients of the United States Army's
Soldier's Medal
The Soldier's Medal is an individual decoration of the United States Army. It was introduced as Section 11 of the Air Corps Act, passed by the Congress of the United States on July 2, 1926., Appendix 5, p. 126. The Army' Soldier's Medal is equiv ...
, awarded to "any person of the Armed Forces of the United States or of a friendly foreign nation who, while serving in any capacity with the Army of the United States, distinguished himself or herself by heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy." (Army Regulation 600-8-22).
Soldier's Medal
Inter-war years
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William A. Matheny, USAAF
World War II
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Marty Allen
Morton David Alpern (March 23, 1922 – February 12, 2018), better known as Marty Allen, was an American comedian, actor, and philanthropist. He worked as a comedy headliner in nightclubs, as a dramatic actor in television roles, and was once ca ...
, USAAF (comedian)
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Allison Brooks, USAAF
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David E. Grange, Jr., WW2 or Korea
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Bob Hoover
Robert Anderson Hoover (January 24, 1922 – October 25, 2016) was an American fighter pilot, test pilot, flight instructor, and record-setting air show aviator.
Hoover flew Spitfires in the United States Army Air Forces during World W ...
, USAAF
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Otto Kerner, Jr.
Otto Kerner Jr. (August 15, 1908 – May 9, 1976) was an American jurist and politician who served as the 33rd governor of Illinois from 1961 to 1968 and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circui ...
, USA
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Charles A. MacGillivary, USA, MOH
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Henry Mucci
Henry Andrews Mucci (March 4, 1909 – April 20, 1997) was a colonel in the United States Army Rangers. In January 1945, during World War II, he led a force of 121 Army Rangers on a mission which rescued 513 survivors of the Bataan Death Marc ...
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Frank D. Peregory, USA, MOH
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Preston Schoyer, USA
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Walter K. Wilson, Jr., USA, WW2 or other
Korea
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John T. Corley, USA, Korea or WW2
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John Galvin, USA, Korea or Vietnam
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Reis Leming, USAF, during Korean War
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Leo J. Meyer, USA, Korea, 1951
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Edwin W. Rawlings, USAF, Post-Korea, 1954
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Leon L. Van Autreve, Korea or other
Vietnam
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Glenn Andreotta
Glenn Urban Andreotta (October 30, 1947 – April 8, 1968) was an American helicopter crew chief in the Vietnam War noted for being one of three who intervened in the Mỹ Lai massacre, in which 504 unarmed children, women and men were murder ...
, USA
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Leonard Boswell
Leonard Leroy Boswell (January 10, 1934 – August 17, 2018) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1997 to 2013, a district based in Des Moines. A member of the Democratic Party, he was defeated for reelect ...
, USA
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Lawrence Colburn, USA
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Richard Gary Davis
Richard Gary Davis was awarded the Soldier's Medal, the Army's highest honor for heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy, for an action in the Republic of Vietnam on 14 May 1967.
While serving as a helicopter door gunner, he was helpi ...
, USA
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William W. Hartzog, USA
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Mike Hayden
John Michael Hayden (born March 16, 1944) is a retired American politician and veteran who served as the 41st governor of Kansas, from 1987 to 1991. He subsequently served as the Secretary of the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Department under Ka ...
, USA
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Colin Powell, USA
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Doug Peacock
Doug Peacock—born April 5th, 1942—is an American author, filmmaker, wildlife activist, and Vietnam War veteran. He is best known for his work dedicated to grizzly bear recovery in the lower-48, his book ''Grizzly Years: In Search of the Amer ...
, USA
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Donn A. Starry
General Donn Albert Starry (May 31, 1925 – August 26, 2011) was a United States Army four-star general who served as commanding general of United States Army Training and Doctrine Command from 1977 to 1981, and as commander in chief of United Sta ...
, USA
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Hugh Thompson, USA
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Alfred Valenzuela, USA
Gulf War
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Wayne A. Downing, USA, Gulf War or Vietnam
Awarded Soldier's Medal
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James Leroy Bondsteel, USA, MOH, Vietnam
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Melbourne Kimsey
Melbourne Kimsey (October 16, 1930 – August 4, 2021) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force who served as director of the Cheyenne Mountain Complex from 1981 to 1983,
Biography
Melbourne Kimsey was born on October 16, 1930, in ...
, USAF
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John K. Singlaub, USA
References
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Awards and decorations of the United States Army