Recipients of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal

American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. A General of the Army, Eisenhower was the supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force. His successful leadership in Operation Torch (1942–1943) and Operation Overlord was pivotal to the Allied victory in World War II.

United States Army general in WWI, WWII and Korea (1880–1964)

American astronaut, first American in space, lunar explorer (1923–1998)

United States Navy fleet admiral (1885–1966)

James Arthur Lovell Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he, along with Frank Borman and William Anders, became one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon. He then commanded the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970 which, after a critical failure en route, looped around the Moon and returned safely to Earth.

NASA astronaut, Naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, electrical engineer, fighter pilot, eleventh human to walk on the Moon (Apollo 10 and Apollo 17)

American astronaut and painter (1932-2018)

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–1999)

American naval officer, explorer (1888-1957)

United States Army general (1893–1981)

American astronaut, naval officer, test pilot and aeronautical engineer (1930–2018)

United States 26th Secretary of Defense

American astronaut (1930-2016)

United States Army general (1934–2012)

American astronaut (1923–2007)

former U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Army general (1924-2010)

United States Army general (1896–1984)

NASA astronaut (1933-1990)

Royal Navy officer (1859-1935)

Japanese admiral (1861-1923)

Royal Navy officer (1883–1963)

United States Navy admiral, Chief of Naval Operations (1878-1956)

United States admiral (1882–1959)

United States admiral (1886-1969)

American astronaut (1932–2017)

United States admiral, ambassador to France, Chief of Staff (1875–1959)

American military personnel (born 1958)

United States Navy admiral, Medal of Honor recipient

American astronaut (1932–2020)

United States Marine Corps general, two time Medal of Honor recipient, activist, lecturer, official, and writer (1881-1940)

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

US general

United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient and Commandant of the Marine Corps (1887–1973)

American astronaut

United States admiral; Father of the Nuclear Navy (1900–1986)

retired United States Army four-star general, seventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs

United States Army general and Director of Central Intelligence (1895-1961)

U.S. Navy admiral and 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

United States Marine Corps general (born 1955)

US Navy admiral and aviator (1923–2005)

Royal Navy admiral of the fleet (1888-1981)

United States Army general (1887-1979)

16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

United States Marine Corps general (1882–1967)

American lieutenant general during World War II (1886–1945)

American astronaut

United States Navy admiral and Navy Cross recipient (1901–1996)

American admiral (1880-1972)

United States admiral (1887–1947)

American general (1881-1967)

United States Navy admiral

Charles Bradford Cooper II is an American admiral who has served as the commander of the United States Central Command since 2025 and has led U.S. forces during the 2026 Iran war.

admiral (1888-1945)

American general (1899–1988)

American Navy admiral (born 1964)

American politician and U.S. Navy officer

American politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania (1932-2010)

United States Navy admiral (1920–2000)

US Navy admiral