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Honoring American TroopsMedal of Honor Archive

Service

Notable recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal

Outstanding meritorious achievement or service in a non-combat setting.

About this decoration

266 notable recipients

Names link to Wikipedia; ★ MoH marks people who also received the Medal of Honor (links to their profile here).

NameLifeBranchWar
John McCain1936–2018United States NavyVietnam War
Grace Hopper1906–1992United States NavyWorld War II
Tulsi Gabbard1981United States ArmyIraq War
Lloyd J. Austin III1953United States ArmySyrian Civil War
Lindsey Graham1955–2026South Carolina National GuardGulf War
Jim Mattis1950United States Marine CorpsGulf War
Tammy Duckworth1968Illinois Army National GuardIraq War
Wesley Clark1944United States ArmyVietnam War
David M. Brown1956–2003United States Navy
Ellison Onizuka1946–1986United States Air Force
Susan J. Helms1958United States Air Force
Joseph Kittinger1928–2022United States Air ForceVietnam War
Michael Fincke1967United States Air Force
Joni Ernst1970Iowa Army National GuardIraq War
Timothy Kopra1963
Dan Caine1968United States Air Force
John F. Kelly1950United States Marine CorpsGulf War
Mark A. Milley1958United States ArmyWar in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Scott Brown1959Massachusetts National Guard
Henry Hartsfield1933–2014United States Air Force
Ryan Zinke1961United States NavyIraq War
Martin Dempsey1952United States ArmyGulf War
David Goggins1975United States Air Force
H. R. McMaster1962United States ArmyGulf War
Douglas H. Wheelock1960
Tommy Franks1945United States ArmyKorean War
Joseph F. Dunford, Jr.1955United States Marine CorpsWar in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Karol J. Bobko1937–2023United States Air Force
William S. McArthur1951United States Army
Francisco Rubio1975United States Army
John Shalikashvili1936–2011United States ArmyVietnam War
John Kirby1963United States Navy
Charles Cooper II1967United States NavyGulf War
George W. Casey, Jr.1948United States ArmyIraq War
Steven R. Nagel1946–2014United States Air Force
Raja Chari1977United States Air Force
John Abizaid1951United States ArmyGulf War
Peter Pace1945United States Marine CorpsVietnam War
Jack D. Fischer1974United States Air Force
Pat Tillman1976–2004United States ArmyWar on Terrorism
William H. McRaven1955United States NavyGulf War
Joe Sestak1951United States Navy
Ann E. Dunwoody1953United States ArmyGulf War
Mark Green1964United States Army
Nichole Ayers1988
Marcia McNutt1952
Robert Hines1975United States Air Force
Christopher T. Donahue1969United States ArmyWar in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Curtis Scaparrotti1956United States ArmyIraq War
Gary Gordon ★ MoH1960–1993army
Robert McFarlane1937–2022United States Marine CorpsVietnam War
Scott Perry1962Pennsylvania Army National Guard
Bill Johnson1954United States Air Force
Jennifer N. Pritzker1950Army National Guard
August Pfluger1977United States Air Force
Carter Ham1952United States ArmyGulf War
Tod D. Wolters1960United States Air ForceGulf War
Alexander Vindman1975United States ArmyIraq War
Alexus Grynkewich1971United States Air Force
Kaiali‘i Kahele1974United States Air ForceWar in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
William G. Boykin1948United States Army
John M. Richardson1960United States Navy
Harold J. Greene1959–2014United States ArmyWar in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Włodzimierz Potasiński1956–2010
Kenneth Braithwaite1960
Janis Karpinski1953United States ArmyGulf War
Thad Allen1949
Joseph Maguire1951United States Navy
Abraham Hamadeh1991United States Army
Matt Van Epps1983Tennessee Army National Guard
Kenneth S. Wilsbach1963United States Air ForceGulf War
Amy McGrath1975United States Marine CorpsIraq War
Eugene Vindman1975United States ArmyIraq War
Craig R. McKinley1952United States Air Force
Hung Cao1971United States Navy
Roy Benavidez ★ MoH1935–1998National Guard of the United StatesKorean War
Steven A. White1928–2021United States NavyKorean War
Kenneth Preston1957United States ArmyGulf War
Timothy J. Keating1948United States NavyVietnam War
Darren W. McDew1960United States Air ForceWar on Terrorism
Frank J. Grass1951United States Army
Raymond E. Johns, Jr.1954United States Air Force
Zuhdi Jasser1967United States Navy
Royce Williams ★ MoH1925United States NavyKorean War
Claudia Kennedy1947United States ArmyCold War
Gary E. Luck1937–2024United States ArmyGulf War
Edward D. Baca1938–2020United States ArmyVietnam War
Raymond F. Chandler1962United States ArmyIraq War
Arthur Lichte1949United States Air Force
Edward A. Rice, Jr.1955United States Air Force
Michelle D. JohnsonUnited States Air Force
Nina M. Armagno1966United States Space Force
Pasi Välimäki1965Finnish Army
Thomas A. Bussiere1963United States Air Force
Luke Delaney1979
Patrick S. Ryder
Thomas N. Barnes1930–2003United States Air ForceKorean War
Bruce E. MacDonald1955United States NavyGulf War
Albert Stubblebine1930–2017United States ArmyCold War
Gerald R. Murray1956United States Air ForceGulf War
Daniel A. Dailey1969United States ArmyGulf War
Darryl Roberson1960United States Air ForceGulf War
James M. McCoy1930–2022United States Air ForceVietnam War
Florent Groberg ★ MoH1983United States ArmyWar in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Christopher Celiz ★ MoH1986–2018War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Patricia Horoho1960United States Army
Roger A. Brady1946United States Air Force
Donald J. Hoffman1952United States Air Force
Martha Rainville1958United States Air Force
Henry G. Ulrich III1950United States Navy
Morris Davis1958United States Air Force
Mark D. Kelly1965United States Air Force
Jean-Michel Jacques1968
Dean Winslow1953
Shannon M. Kent1984–2019United States Navy
Catherine S. Lutz1955–2014
James C. Slife1967United States Air Force
JoAnne S. BassUnited States Air Force
Jay Collins1976United States Army
Richard D. Dean1929–2016Army National GuardKorean War
Barry M. Costello1951United States NavyGulf War
Gordon S. Holder1946United States NavyGulf War
Antonio J. Ramos1946United States Air ForceVietnam War
Lawrence Chambers1929United States NavyVietnam War
Frank Craig Pandolfe1958United States NavyWar in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Walter E. Piatt1961United States ArmyWar in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Matthew O. Williams ★ MoH1981United States ArmyWar in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Robert J. Papp, Jr.1953War on Terrorism
Kristin Panzenhagen1978United States Space ForceIraq War
Adam Hamawy1969Iraq War
Richard Rossmanith1955
Annette E. Brown1950United States Navy
Burwell B. Bell III1947United States Army
Charles D. Metcalf1933–2021United States Air Force
David L. Brewer III1946United States Navy
Robert F. Willard1950United States Navy
Bruce W. Clingan1950United States Navy
Patrick H. Brady1959United States Navy
William B. Kannel1923–2011
Jason M. VanderhadenUnited States Coast Guard
Erica Schwartz
Nancy S. LacoreUnited States Navy
Van E. Chandler1925–1998United States Air Force
Donald L. Harlow1920–1997United States Army Air ForcesWorld War II
Roscoe Cartwright1919–1974United States ArmyWorld War II
Michael K. Sheridan1934United States Marine CorpsKorean War
Norma Elaine Brown1926–2003United States Air ForceKorean War
Alberto Díaz, Jr.1943United States NavyGulf War
George J. Trautman, III1952United States Marine CorpsGulf War
Bernard T. Mittemeyer1930–2023United States ArmyCold War
James R. Stark1943United States NavyCold War
Alan S. Thompson1954United States NavyGulf War
W. Thomas West1943United States Air ForceGulf War
Winfield W. Scott III1952United States Air ForceGulf War
Charles R. Ray1938–1982United States ArmyVietnam War
Glen E. Morrell1936–2023United States ArmyVietnam War
E. Daniel Cherry1939United States Air ForceVietnam War
John J. Duffy ★ MoH1938United States ArmyVietnam War
Marc H. Sasseville1963United States Air ForceIraq War
Terry A. Johnson1956Ohio Army National GuardIraq War
Mick McGuire1965United States Air ForceGulf War
Carol M. Pottenger1955United States Navy
Carrol Chandler1952United States Air Force
Charles D. Wurster
Chris Adams1930United States Air Force
Dana H. Born1960United States Air Force
Frank Castellano1964United States Navy
Frederick J. Finch1956United States Air Force
Howard G. Crowell, Jr.1932United States Army
J. Scott Burhoe1954
Jay A. DeLoach1955United States Navy
Joan Marie Engel1940United States Navy
John N. Christenson1958United States Navy
Katherine L. Gregory1951United States Navy
Kathleen L. Martin1951United States Navy
Kathleen Paige1948United States Navy
Linda J. Bird1951United States Navy
Margaret A. Rykowski1965United States Navy
Margaret D. Klein1957United States Navy
Nanette M. DeRenziUnited States Navy
Paul G. Gaffney II1946United States Navy
Rafael O'Ferrall1954United States Army
Roberta L. Hazard1934–2017United States Navy
Samuel Perez, Jr.1958United States Navy
Lloyd R. Leavitt, Jr.1928–2016United States Air Force
Michael C. Gould1953United States Air Force
Jerry O. Tuttle1934–2018United States Navy
Jimmie O. Keenan1963United States Army
Ann Elizabeth Wee1926–2019
Brent R. Taylor1979–2018Army National Guard
Toine Beukering1958Royal Netherlands Army
Paul E. Knapp
Anthony Henderson1966United States Marine Corps
Maria GervaisUnited States Army
Doug Larsen1976–2023Army National Guard
Dennis V. McGinn1945United States Navy
Michael F. Lohr1952
Donald J. Guter1948United States Navy
Theodore Kanamine1929–2023
André Steur1970Royal Netherlands Air Force
Kevin A. Gilroy1936–2013
Abner M. Aust1921–2020World War II
William C. Norris1926–2024United States Air ForceKorean War
Anthony E. Van DykeUnited States Marine CorpsGulf War
John D. Yamnicky1930–2001Korean War
Daniel B. LloydUnited States Coast GuardCold War
James C. Van SiceCold War
John Hagan1946Gulf War
Michael Donnelly1959–2005United States Air ForceGulf War
Robin Umberg1960United States ArmyGulf War
Steven H. Ratti1955Gulf War
David J. Campanale1952United States Air ForceVietnam War
Gary R. Pfingston1940–2007United States Air ForceVietnam War
Bruce M. Lawlor1948United States NavyVietnam War
Patrick J. Hessian1928–2007United States ArmyVietnam War
Robert H. Scales1944–2024United States ArmyVietnam War
Judd H. Lyons1962Army National GuardWar in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Ann E. Rondeau1951United States Navy
Bruce E. Grooms1958United States Navy
Carol I. Turner1947United States Navy
Charles W. Bowen
Christine Bruzek-Kohler1952United States Navy
Donald J. Butz1933–2016United States Air Force
Duane R. Bushey1944United States Navy
James C. Yarbrough1957United States Army
Nick JusticeUnited States Army
Norman Marous1943
Pedro N. Rivera1945–2023United States Air Force
Rodney J. McKinley1956United States Air Force
Ronald J. Rabago1956
Roosevelt Mercer, Jr.United States Air Force
Sam E. Parish1937United States Air Force
Terry D. ScottUnited States Navy
Thomas S. Crow1934–2008United States Navy
Tim White1950Air Force Reserve Command
Timothy S. Sullivan
Walter B. Massenburg1949United States Navy
Wayne G. Shear, Jr.1957United States Navy
William A. Connelly1931–2019United States Army
William D. Baumgartner1958
William H. Plackett1937–2016United States Navy
Patricia C. LewisUnited States Air Force
George G. Loving, Jr.1923–2016United States Air Force
Martin Barreras1965–2014
Stephan Pappas1950United States Air Force
Stephen Snyder-Hill1970United States Army
Alain ParentRoyal Canadian Air Force
Steven M. Shepro1962
S. Clinton HinoteUnited States Air Force
Robert F. Titus1926–2024
Robert K. U. Kihune1937United States Navy
Deydre Teyhen1971United States Army
Archer L. Durham1932United States Air Force
Kevin B. KuklokUnited States Marine CorpsVietnam War
Brian SearcyWar on Terrorism
Emilio Díaz Colón1950United States Army
Eric A. Trent1944United States Coast Guard
John W. Craine, Jr.1945United States Navy
Keith Kerr1936–2021United States Army
Peter Boynton1957United States Coast Guard
Philip M. Kenul
R. Andrew Bassford
Olwen Abigail Wooster1917–1981
Julia Jeter Cleckley1944
Dan CharleboisRoyal Canadian Navy
Timothy J. Bilecki