SPECIAL OPERATIONS MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS
COL Paris D. Davis
USA – Vietnam
Team A-321, 5th SFG(A)
Camp Bong Son, RVN
Action on: June 18, 1965
Presented: 3 March 2023
(living)
CSM Bennie G Adkins
USA – Vietnam
Det A-102, 5th SFG(A)
Camp A Shau, RVN
Action on: 9-12 March 1966
Presented: 15 Sep 2014
Death April 17, 2020
SFC Eugene Ashley Jr
USA – Vietnam
Det A-101, Company C, 5th SFG(A)
Camp Lang Vei, RVN
Action on: 6-7 Feb 1968
Awarded Posthumously
SGT Gary B Beikirch
USA – Vietnam
B-24, 5th SFG(A)
Dak Seang, RVN
Action on: April 1, 1970
Death: 26 Dec 2021
MSG Roy P Benavidez
USA – Vietnam
Det-B56, 5th SFG(A)
Loc Ninh, Cambodia
Action on: May 2, 1968
Death November 29, 1998
SFC William M Bryant
USA – Vietnam
Co A, 5th SFG(A)
Long Khanh Province, RVN
Action on: March 24, 1969
Awarded Posthumously
SGT Brian L Buker
USA – Vietnam
Det B-55, 5th SFG(A)
Chau Doc Province, RVN
Action on: April 5, 1970
Awarded Posthumously
SCPO Edward C Byers Jr
USN (SEAL) Afghanistan
Seal Team Six
Afghanistan
Action on: 8-9 December 2012
(living)
SSG Jon Cavaiani
USA- Vietnam
5th SFG(A)
POW, taken at Khe Sanh, RVN
Action on: June 4-5, 1971
Death July 29, 2014
Msgt John A Chapman
USAF – Afghanistan
24th Special Tactics Squadron
(Attached to a SEAL team)
Takur Ghar, Afghanistan
Action on: 4 March 2002
Awarded posthumously
SSG Drew D. Dix
USA – Vietnam
Senior Advisor Group, IV Corps, MACV
Chau Doc Province, RVN
Action on: 31 Jan – 1 Feb 1968
(living)
COL Roger HC Donlon
USA – Vietnam
Det 1-726, 7th SFG(A)
Camp Nam Dong, RVN
Death: January 25, 2024
(living)
MAJ John J. Duffy
USA – Vietnam
MACV Team 162
Central Highlands VN
Action on: April 14-15, 1972
(living)
Maj. Bernard F. Fisher
USAF – Vietnam
1st Air Commando Sqd, 14th Air Commando Wing
(near) Bien Hoa & Pleiku, RVN
Action on: 10 Mar 1966
Death August 16, 2014
COL James P Fleming
USAF – Vietnam
20th Special Operations Squadron
Near Duc Co, RVN
Action on: November 26, 1968
(living)
MSG Gary I Gordon
USA – Somalia
1st SFOD-Delta
Mogadishu, Somalia
Action on: October 3, 1993
Awarded Posthumously
1LT Loren D Hagen
USA – Vietnam
U.S. Army Training Advisory Group
‘Deep in enemy territory’, RVN
August 7, 1971
Posthumously Awarded
MSG Charles E Hosking Jr.
Det A-302, 5th SFG(A)
Don Luan District, RVN
Action on: March 21, 1967
Posthumously Awarded
COL Robert L Howard
USA -Vietnam
MACV-SOG
‘Enemy controlled territory’
Action on: December 30, 1968
Death December 23, 2009
LTC Joe M. Jackson
USAF – Vietnam
311th Air Commando Squadron,
315th Spec Ops Wing
Kham Duc, RVN
Action on: 12 May 1968
Death January 12, 2019
SP5 John J. Kedenburg
USA – Vietnam
MACV-SOG, CCN, FOB 2
‘Enemy controlled territory’
Action on: June 13, 1968
Posthumously Awarded
COL William A Jones III
USAF -Vietnam
602d Special Opns Squadron Div
near Dong Hoi, North Vietnam
Action on: 1 September 1968
Death November 15, 1969
LTjg Joseph R Kerrey
USN Seal, Vietnam
Seal team ONE
Nha Trang Bay, Republic of Vietnam
Action on:14 Mar 1969
(living)
SP4 Robert D. Law
1st Infantry Division
Tinh Phuoc Thanh Province, RVN
Action on: 22 February 1969
Awarded posthumously
A1C John L Levitow
USAF – Vietnam
3d Special Operations Squadron
Over Long Binh Army Post, RVN
Action on: 24 February 1969
Death November 8, 2000
SFC Gary L. Littrell
USA – Vietnam
MACV Adistory Team 21
Near Dak Seang
Action on: 4-8 April 1970
(living)
SSG Franklin D Miller
USA – Vietnam
MACV-SOG
Kontum Province, RVN
Action on: January 5, 1970
Death June 30, 2000
SSG Robert J Miller
USA – Afghanistan
Det A-3312, 3rd SFG(A)
Konar Province, Afghanistan
Action on: January 25, 2008
Awarded posthumously
MSG Ola L. Mize
USA – Korea
Company K, 15th Inf Rgt, 3d Inf Div
Surang-ni, Korea
Action on: June 10-11, 1953
Death March 5, 2014
PO2 Michael A. Monsoor
USN (SEAL) – Iraq
SEAL Team Three
Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Action on: 29 September 2006
Awarded posthumously
SFC Melvin Morris
USA – Vietnam
IV Mobile Strike Force
Near Chi Lang, RVN
Action on: September 17, 1969
(living)
Lt. Michael P. Murphy
USN (SEAL) Afghanistan
SEAL Team 10 SDV-1
Afghanistan
Action on: 27-28 June 2005
Awarded posthumously
LT Thomas R Norris
USN (SEAL), Vietnam
MACV-SOG
Quang Tri Province, RVN
Action on: April 10-13, 1972
(living)
Seaman David G. Ouellet
USN – Vietnam
River Squadron 5, My Tho Detachment
Mekong River, RVN
Action on: 6 March 1967
Awarded posthumously
SGM Thomas Patrick Payne
USA, Delta
Special OpnsJoint Task Force
Inherent Resolve
Kirkuk Province, Iraq
Action on: Oct. 22, 2015
(living)
SFC Leroy A Petry
USA – Afghanistan
D Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
Paktya Province, Afghanistan
26 May 2008
(living)
MSG Earl D. Plumlee
USA – Afghanistan
Co. C, 4th Bn, 1st SFG(A)
Action on: 28 Aug 2013
(living)
SSG Robert J. Pruden
USA – Vietnam
75th Infantry Regiment, Americal Division
Quang Ngai Province, RVN
29 November 1969
Awarded posthumously
SSG Laszlo Rabel
USA – Vietnam
74th Infantry Detachment (LRRP)
Binh Dinh Province, RVN
13 November 1968
Awarded posthumously
CPT Ronald E Ray
USA – Vietnam
Co. A, 2d Bn, 35th Inf Rgt, 25th Inf Div
Ia Drang Valley, RVN
19 June 1966
(living)
SFC Jose Rodela
USA, Vietnam
Det B-36, 5th SFG(A)
Phuoc Long Province, RVN
September 1, 1969
(living)
CPT Gary Mike Rose
USA, Vietnam
MACV-SOG
‘Deep in enemy territory’, RVN
September 11-14, 1970
(living)
1LT George Kenton Sisler
USA, Vietnam
MACV-SOG, 5th SFG(A)
‘Deep in enemy territory’
February 7, 1967
Awarded Posthumously
SFC Randall D. Shughart
USA, Somalia
Operational Det-Delta (1SFOD-D)
Mogadishu, Somalia
October 3, 1993
Awarded Posthumously
SSG Ronald J Shurer II
USA, Vietnam
Det A-3336, Spec Ops Task Force-33
Afghanistan
April 2008
(Deceased May 14, 2020)
MCPO Britt K. Slabinski
USN (SEAL) Afghanistan
SEAL Team Eight
Afghanistan
4 March 2002
(living)
PO Michael E Thornton
USN (SEAL), Vietnam
MACV
Enemy controlled area, RVN
October 31, 1972
(living)
CPT Humbert “Rocky” Versace
USA, Vietnam
MACV, S-2 Advisor
POW
29 Oct 1963 to 26 Sep 1965
Awarded Posthumously
1LT Charles Q Williams
USA – Vietnam
Det A, 5th SFG(A)
Dong Xoai, RVN
June 9-10, 1965
Death October 15, 1982
BM1 James E. Williams
USN – Vietnam
River Section 531, My Tho Detachment
Mekong River, RVN
31 October 1966
Death October 13, 1999
SGT Matthew O. Williams
USA – Afghanistan
3rd SFG(A)
Date of Action: April 6, 2008
Nuristan province, Afghanistan
Battle of Shok Valley
SGT Gordon Yntema
USA – Vietnam
Det A-431, 5th SFG(A)
Near Thong Binh, RVN
January 16-18, 1968
Awarded Posthumously
SFC Fred W Zabitosky
USA – Vietnam
MACV-SOG
Laos
February 19, 1968s
Death January 18, 1996
