Distinguished Service Cross (United States) - Notable Recipients

Notable Recipients

See also: Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
  • Creighton W. Abrams, Jr., US Army - with one Oak Leaf Cluster (two total awards)
  • Edward Almond, US Army - with one Oak Leaf Cluster
  • Robert H. Barrow, United States Marine Corps
  • Robert S. Beightler, Major General, US Army, Commanding General of the Ohio Army National Guard's 37th Infantry Division
  • Thomas Blamey, General, Australian Army (later Australia's first Field Marshal)
  • Richard Bong, USAAF
  • Lewis H. Brereton, U.S. Army Air Service, later USAAF - with one Oak Leaf Cluster
  • Maurice Britt, US Army - also Medal of Honor and Silver Star, first recipient of top three combat decorations in a single war; previously NFL football player, later Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
  • Joseph Burlazzi, US Army
  • John Francis Burnes, USMC
  • Douglas Campbell, U.S. Army Air Service - with four Oak Leaf Clusters
  • Bill Carpenter, US Army
  • Modesto Cartagena, US Army, the most decorated Hispanic soldier of the Korean War.
  • Arthur S. Champeny, US Army - with two Oak leaf Clusters; the only man to receive the DSC in three different conflicts (World War I, World War II and the Korean War)
  • Llewellyn Chilson, US Army (3, WW2)
  • Vasily Chuikov, Soviet Army
  • Mark W. Clark, US Army
  • Daniel Daly, USMC
  • William Orlando Darby, US Army - with one Oak Leaf Cluster
  • Samuel David Dealey, US Navy (also Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses)
  • William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan, US Army
  • Otto Dowling, US Navy
  • Robert L. Eichelberger, US Army - with one Oak Leaf Cluster
  • Edward Fuller, USMC
  • James M. Gavin, US Army - with one Oak Leaf Cluster
  • Hobart R. Gay, US Army - with Oak Leaf Cluster
  • David H. Hackworth, US Army - with one Oak Leaf Cluster
  • Alexander M. Haig, Jr., US Army
  • Virginia Hall, OSS civilian
  • John L. Hines, US Army
  • Courtney Hodges, US Army
  • Robert L. Howard, US Army - 2 DSC, 1 MOH all in the same year tour 1968-69
  • Clarence R. Huebner, US Army - with one Oak Leaf Cluster
  • LeRoy P. Hunt, USMC
  • Frank O'Driscoll "Monk" Hunter, U.S. Army Air Service - with four Oak Leaf Clusters
  • Charles L. Kelly, US Army - Dust Off pilot, Vietnam, posthumous
  • George C. Kenney, U.S. Army Air Service, later USAAF - with one Oak Leaf Cluster
  • Robert C. Kingston, US Army
  • Curtis E. LeMay, USAAF
  • Douglas MacArthur, US Army - with two Oak Leaf Clusters
  • Peyton C. March, US Army
  • Anthony McAuliffe, US Army
  • Barry McCaffrey, US Army
  • Louis Gonzaga Mendez, Jr., US Army
  • William "Billy" Mitchell, U.S. Army Air Service
  • Dudley W. Morton, US Navy - also 4 Navy Crosses
  • Henry Mucci, US Army
  • Kenneth Muir VC, British Army
  • Audie L. Murphy, US Army
  • George S. Patton, Jr., US Army - with one Oak Leaf Cluster
  • George S. Patton, IV, US Army - with one Oak Leaf Cluster
  • Keith Payne VC, OAM, Australian Army
  • John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, US Army
  • Harvey Possinger, US Army
  • Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC
  • Eddie Rickenbacker, U.S. Army Air Service - with eight Oak Leaf Clusters (Rickenbacker originally received 10 DSCs, but one was later upgraded to the Medal of Honor)
  • Matthew B. Ridgway, US Army - with one Oak Leaf Cluster
  • Keller E. Rockey, USMC
  • Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., US Army
  • Andrew Summers Rowan, US Army
  • Alfredo M. Santos, Philippine Army
  • Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., USMC
  • Oliver Prince Smith, USMC
  • Joseph Stilwell, US Army
  • Maxwell D. Taylor, US Army
  • Gerald C. Thomas, USMC
  • James A. Van Fleet, US Army - with two Oak Leaf Clusters
  • John Paul Vann, US civilian
  • Jesús Villamor, Philippine Army Air Corps - with one Oak Leaf Cluster
  • Walton Walker, US Army - with one Oak Leaf Cluster
  • Robert B. Williams, U.S. Army Air Forces
  • Richard Winters, US Army
  • Alvin York, US Army, WW1, also received the Medal of Honor.
  • Edward F. Younger, US Army, US Soldier chosen to select the Unknown Soldier for the US after World War I

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