Category
page 1Recipients of the Defense Distinguished Service Medal
Colin Powell
American general and diplomat (1937–2021)
Grace Hopper
American computer scientist and United States Navy officer (1906–1992)
Omar Bradley
United States Army general (1893–1981)
Jim Mattis
United States 26th Secretary of Defense
David Petraeus
U.S. Army general and public official (born 1952)
Laurel Clark
NASA astronaut, medical doctor, United States Navy Captain, and Space Shuttle mission specialist (1961-2003)
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
United States Army general (1934–2012)
Alexander Haig
former U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Army general (1924-2010)
Charles Bolden
23rd Administrator of NASA and astronaut
Wesley Clark
United States Army general and 2004 Democratic Party presidential candidate
Bruce McCandless II
American astronaut (1937–2017)
Ken Mattingly
American astronaut
William C. McCool
U.S. Navy Commander, NASA astronaut and the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia which was destroyed during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere in 2003
Rick Husband
American astronaut (1957-2003)
Michael Flynn
U.S. Army general and former U.S. National Security Advisor (born 1958)
Michael P. Anderson
astronaut, scientist (1959-2003)
David M. Brown
American astronaut (1956–2003)
Michael J. Smith
American astronaut (1945-1986)
Joe Engle
American astronaut (1932-2024)
Creighton Abrams
United States Army General (1914-1974)
Jack R. Lousma
American astronaut and politician
Richard H. Truly
American astronaut and NASA administrator (1937–2024)
Mark A. Milley
American military personnel (born 1958)
John F. Kelly
former White House Chief of Staff and Former United States Marine Corps General
Martin Dempsey
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
C. Gordon Fullerton
American astronaut and test pilot (1936–2013)
Eric Ken Shinseki
retired United States Army four-star general, seventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Michael Hayden
United States Air Force four-star general
Stanley A. McChrystal
American general
Tommy Franks
United States Army general
Michael Mullen
U.S. Navy admiral and 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joseph F. Dunford, Jr.
United States Marine Corps general (born 1955)
Richard O. Covey
American astronaut
Charles Q. Brown Jr.
American military officer (born 1962)
Frederick Hauck
American astronaut
John Shalikashvili
United States general (1936–2011)
George W. Casey, Jr.
US Army general (born 1948)
James R. Clapper
US government official (born 1941)
John Abizaid
army general
James L. Jones
United States Marine Corps Commandant and National Security Advisor
Peter Pace
16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bruce E. Melnick
American astronaut
David C. Hilmers
American astronaut
Kevin P. Chilton
United States general and astronaut
Guy Gardner
American astronaut
S. David Griggs
United States admiral (1939-1989)
Lisa Franchetti
American Navy admiral (born 1964)
Sherwood C. Spring
American astronaut
Raymond T. Odierno
US Army general (1954–2021)
James Stavridis
US Navy admiral
William H. McRaven
United States admiral
Jeremiah Denton
American Vietnam War POW and politician (1924-2014)
Joe Sestak
American politician and U.S. Navy officer
Defense Distinguished Service Medal
award
James D. Watkins
Chief of U.S. Naval operations (1982–86), 6th U.S. Secretary of Energy (1989–93)
Frederick C. Weyand
American general (1916–2010)
John R. Allen
United States Marine Corps general, think tank executive
Lori Robinson
Corporate board member and retired United States Air Force General
John W. Raymond
United States Air Force and United States Space Force general
Curtis Scaparrotti
United States Army General