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First Cavalry Division |
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Distinguished Service Cross |
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Recipients |
146 soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division have been currently identified as recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross while serving during the Viet Nam War.
(* Citation given posthumously)
Last |
First |
Rank |
Unit |
Company |
Date |
| Alvarado* | Leonard L | SP4 | 2/12 | D | 12 Aug 69 |
| Bahl* | Walter T | SP4 | 2/7 | D | 3 Dec 68 |
| Bieri | Leon D | Maj | 1/12 | HQ | 17 Dec 66 |
| Bouchard | Thomas D | Pfc | 1/8 | HHC | 7 Dec 67 |
| Boyd | Charles N | PltSgt | 1/? | A | 15 Feb 68 |
| Branham | Steven R | SP4 | 1/5 | C | 29 Nov 69 |
| Brenner* | Kenneth J | PFC | 2/5 | A | 29 Mar 69 |
| Burns* | Darrell E | Sgt | 5/7 | B | 22 Jun 70 |
| Burrow | George D | Maj | 1/9 | B | 9 Dec 67 |
| Byrd* | Guy A | PltSgt | 2/7 | C | 5 Apr 67 |
| Campbell | Darrell W | SP4 | 1/5 | A | 13 Feb 68 |
| Canavan* | Martin J Jr | SSgt | 2/5 | A | 29 Mar 69 |
| Carmichael | Patrick S | SP4 | 227th | B | 11 Mar 69 |
| Carroll* | Robert H | Capt | 2/5 | B | 12 May 68 |
| Chervony* 1 | Eddie E | Sgt | A1/77 | A | 5 May 68 |
| Clayton | Jerry D | PFC | 2/7 | D | 23 Mar 68 |
| Clemmons | William A | MSgt | 2/5 | D | 14 Jun 71 |
| Cobb* | Hubbard D | PltSgt | 2/5 | A | 14 Jan 68 |
| Collier* | Noah C | PFC | 1/8 | A | 26 Oct 66 |
| Comer | Billy R | SP4 | 2/5 | D | 22 Jun 70 |
| Crain | Carroll V | SFC | A2/19 | B | 27 Dec 66 |
| Crews | Gary E | PFC | 2/12 | C | 29 Jul 68 |
| Darnell | John E Jr | SSgt | 2/12 | C | 2 Jan 68 |
| Davis | Mitchell | PFC | 2/8 | HHC | 6 Mar 70 |
| Deleo | Joseph D | SP4 | 5/7 | C | 21 Jul 68 |
| Dentinger | David D | SP4 | 2/12 | A | 21 Feb 68 |
| Dobrinska* | Thomas L | 2Lt | 2/12 | B | 9 Feb 68 |
| Douglas* | Clark R | SP4 | 1/5 | C | 11 Nov 69 |
| Dunsmore* | Leo P | PFC | 5/7 | A | 12 Feb 68 |
| Duran | Jesus S | SP4 | 2/5 | E | 10 Apr 69 |
| Durand | Dennis C | SP4 | 227th | A | 25 May 71 |
| Eutsler* | John W | PFC | 1/8 | B | 31 Jan 69 |
| Evans* | Donald P | PFC | 5/7 | D | 20 Nov 68 |
| Evans* | Jerry D | SP4 | 5/7 | A | 23 Feb 68 |
| Ewing* | Jerry L | Pvt | 1/8 | E | 21 Mar 69 |
| Fontaine* | Michael A | SP4 | 2/7 | C | 10 Jan 69 |
| Fuller | Sherman G | Sgt | 1/12 | A | 17 Dec 66 |
| Gaskin | Gordon W | SP4 | 2/12 | HHC | 3 Jan 68 |
| Glines* | Allen B | PFC | 5/7 | A | 3 Jan 68 |
| Godlewski | Larry E | SP4 | 2/7 | D | 6 Nov 68 |
| Gorton* | Gary B | Sgt | 2/5 | B | 17 Feb 66 |
| Greene | Stanley E | SP4 | 1/9 | C | 12 Oct 67 |
| Gregory* | Bob L | LtCol | 2/12 | HHC | 2 Jan 68 |
| Haley* | Patrick L | Capt | 1/9 | A | 2 Oct 66 |
| Hall | Sequoyah | Sgt | 2/12 | B | 21 Apr 70 |
| Hamilton | George E | PFC | 1/7 | A | 8 Aug 66 |
| Hammer | Martin J | 1Lt | 2/7 | A | 6 May 66 |
| Harris* | Roy C Jr | PltSgt | 2/7 | - | 19 Sep 67 |
| Harrison* | Paul J | SP4 | 1/12 | C | 21 May 66 |
| Harvey | Thomas H | Maj | 1/9 | B | 16 Apr 67 |
| Hattersley | Roger K | PFC | 1/12 | D | 17 Dec 66 |
| Haynie | Harris R | SP4 | 1/9 | B | 27 May 67 |
| Helvey | Robert L | Capt | 2/12 | A | 7 Jan 68 |
| Hennessy* | Daniel A | 1Lt | 1/8 | B | 28 Dec 66 |
| Hepp | Ferdinand | 1Lt | 1/5 | C | 21 Oct 66 |
| Hightower | Thomas K | Capt | 2/12 | A | 14 Feb 67 |
| Hill* | Richard G | SSgt | 1/7 | E | 9 Dec 69 |
| Hitti | John L | Capt | 5/7 | B | 1 Nov 66 |
| Hughes | George W | 1Lt | 1/7 | D | 5 May 66 |
| Hunt | Tom C | SP4 | 1/8 | HHC | 12 Jul 70 |
| Jackson | Warren G | CW2 | 215 Cbt | Med Co | 28 Jun 71 |
| Jenkins | Wilbur G Jr | LtCol | 1/8 | HHC | 24 Sep 67 |
| Kaneshiro* | Edward N | SSgt | 1/9 | C | 1 Dec 65 |
| Kauhaihao* | John K | 1Lt | 2/8 | B | 5 Sep 69 |
| Kennedy* | Alton R | PFC | 1/12 | HHC | 17 Dec 66 |
| Kerns | Raymond A | WO1 | 1/9 | A | 19 Sep 67 |
| Kiger* | Dennis D | SSgt | E8 | B | 7 May 70 |
| Krupinski* | Raymond J | 1Lt | 1/12 | B | 30 Apr 69 |
| Kyles | Bobby W | SP4 | 2/7 | A | 27 Feb 69 |
| Lasater* | Luther M | Capt | 9th Cav | F | 13 Feb 72 |
| Lewis | John J | 1Lt | 2/12 | B | 3 Feb 68 |
| Loncon* | Larry J | SP4 | 1/8 | HHC | 27 Apr 70 |
| Lose | Charles R | SP5 | 1/7 | B | 14 Nov 65 |
| Lutchendorf | Thomas E | 1Lt | 2/7 | D | 9 Dec 67 |
| Mace | James E | Capt | 2/5 | A | 2 Dec 68 |
| Manglona | Martin A | SSgt | 1/12 | A | 23 Feb 69 |
| Martin | Roy D | Capt | 1/8 | B | 21 May 66 |
| Maynard* | Thomas H | Pfc | 2/8 | C | 6 Nov 65 |
| McCaffrey | Barry R | Capt | 2/7 | B | 9 Mar 69 |
| McCrary* | Douglas M | 1Lt | 5/7 | C | 16 Feb 67 |
| McQuiston | Hugh J Jr | PltSgt | 1/8 | A | 2 Jul 67 |
| Meara* | William D | Capt | 2/7 | B | 2 Nov 68 |
| Moore* | Charles T | PFC | 2/5 | D | 5 Jan 70 |
| Moore | Harold G Jr | LtCol | 1/7 | HHC | 14 Nov 65 |
| Mordue | Norman A | 1Lt | 1/12 | C | 31 May 67 |
| Murphy | Robert C | Capt | 2/5 | C | 6 Feb 66 |
| Neely* | Dan L | PFC | 2/7 | B | 1 Mar 68 |
| Nelson | Charles E | SFC | 1/5 | A | 10 Jan 69 |
| Nelson* | William D | SP4 | 2/7 | D | 6 Nov 68 |
| O'Connor | Oscar L | Capt | 2/7 | D | 4 Nov 67 |
| O'Kusky* | Henry J Jr | 2Lt | 5/7 | A | 1 Jul 68 |
| Oquendo* | Fruto J | SP4 | 2/8 | C | 6 May 69 |
| Orsini | Donald A | Capt | 1/12 | D | 15 Dec 67 |
| Ortiz | Raymond | SP4 | 1/8 | A | 3 Nov 65 |
| Pagan-Lozada* | Wilfredo | SFC | 2/5 | D | 9 Feb 67 |
| Peda* | Robert C | 1Lt | 1/9 | A | 7 Apr 68 |
| Phifer | William | SP4 | 5/7 | A | 23 Feb 68 |
| Pickard* | Alfred | PFC | 1/8 | B | 2 Dec 69 |
| Piper | John D | 1Lt | A2/19 | B | 27 Dec 66 |
| Polusney* | James F | SP5 | 2/7 | HHC | 17 Nov 69 |
| Poole* | Thomas D | PFC | 5/7 | A | 12Feb 68 |
| Poutrain | Jean D | PFC | 2/5 | HHC | 9 Feb 67 |
| Quinn* | Richard F | SP4 | 1/8 | HHC | 12 Jul 70 |
| Ramirez* | Lorenzo Jr | PFC | 1/5 | D | 28 Jun 68 |
| Reyes* | Thomas G | SSgt | 1/7 | A | 9 Nov 67 |
| Rider | Archie A | Maj | 1/9 | A | 3 Dec 67 |
| Riley | Ronald J | 1Lt | 1/5 | D | 16 Feb 67 |
| Ring | George M | 2Lt | 2/12 | C | 7 Jun 68 |
| Rock | Paul J | SP4 | 1/12 | B | 26 Oct 67 |
| Rose* | Onsby R | SP4 | 1/5 | D | 18 May 66 |
| Ross | Edgar A | PltSgt | 1/8 | D | 30 Mar 69 |
| Rowland | John R | 2Lt | 2/5 | D | 22 Jun 70 |
| Savage | Clyde E | Sgt | 1/7 | B | 14 Nov 65 |
| Schlottman | James | 1Lt | 1/9 | A | 2 Oct 66 |
| See* | Otto W | PltSgt | 1/9 | A | 11 Mar 66 |
| Sellers | Richard D | WO1 | 1/9 | E | 5 Jan71 |
| Shaffer* | Earl T | 1Sgt | 5/7 | A | 9 Dec 68 |
| Siders* | Marvin I | Capt | 2/7 | D | 6 Nov 68 |
| Simons | James P | 1Lt | 1/9 | A | 17 Dec 66 |
| Snoddy | Harold M | Sgt | 2/12 | D | 12 May 69 |
| Speer* | Richard M | 1Lt | 2/12 | D | 22 Apr 70 |
| Steeley | Noble L | SP4 | 1/9 | A | 20 Aug 68 |
| Stephens | Rufus | 1Lt | 2/5 | B | 17 Feb 66 |
| Stevenson | Robert D | LtCol | 2/5 | HQ | 11 Mar 67 |
| Stoflet* | Michael H | PFC | 5/7 | A | 1 Nov 66 |
| Stone* | James M | 1Lt | 2/12 | C | 7 Jan 68 |
| Street* | Brent A | SP4 | 2/8 | E | 1 Apr 70 |
| Swann* | Johnnie D | SP4 | 2/8 | B | 5 Sep 69 |
| Swanson* | Jon E | Capt | 1/9 | B | 26 Feb 71 |
| Sweet | Richard S | LtCol | 2/12 | HHC | 3 Feb 68 |
| Tackaberry | Thomas H | LtCol | 2/8 | HHC | 19 Sep 66 |
| Taylor | Ronald S | 1Lt | 2/12 | C | 7 Jan 68 |
| Taylor* | William E | Capt | 2/5 | B | 14 Aug 66 |
| Tierney* | Brian E | SP4 | 1/12 | D | 21 May 68 |
| Tillquist* (1) | Robert A | SP4 | 2/12 | B | 4 Nov 65 |
| Tolson | John J III | MajGen | HQ |
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14 Feb 68 |
| Tusi | Ronald L | CW2 | A79 | F | 15 Apr 72 |
| Vinassa* (1) | Michael G | SP4 | 1/8 | C | 21 May 66 |
| Waite | Raymond | Sgt | 229th | D | 8 Apr 72 |
| Waller* | Casey O | SP4 | 2/8 | E | 1 Apr 70 |
| Watts | Albert R | PltSgt | 2/12 | D | 23 Sep 66 |
| Waycaster* | Richard L | SP4 | 2/8 | A | 19 Feb 69 |
| Whitehead | John B II | Capt | 229th | D | 8 Apr 72 |
| Wideman* | Elvin J | SSgt | 5/7 | A | 19 Nov 66 |
| Wright | Larry D | SP5 | 1/9 | A | 2 Oct 66 |
| Wymer | Merrill F Jr | Capt | 2/12 | HHC | 21 Aug 67 |
| Zerr* | Kent M | SP4 | 1/9 | B | 6 Mar 70 |
The above list was provided by Bruce Swander, who is a member of a team of researchers who came across the list while doing research on the 9th Infantry Division.
The original list had been compiled by Albert Gleim, who is now deceased. This team of researchers are now continuing Albert Gleim's efforts in providing a complete listing of recipients of the Army's Distinguished Service Cross while serving during the Vietnam War.
Charlie Bader provided some of the DSC citations that his research group for 12th Cavalry Regiment Association had obtained from the National Archives.
If you know of any soldier who has been omitted, please notify me at dennison@1stcavmedic.com .
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