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Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

This decoration was instituted in 1918 to award any person serving in the Army, or officers and men of military forces allied to the United States, for 'having distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy in circumstances which do not justify the award of the Medal of Honor'. Further acts of gallantry justifying the grant of the decoration, a bronze oak cluster is awarded to be worn on the ribbon. The decoration can also be awarded posthumously.
The cross is made of bronze with the American spread eagle on it. Below the eagle is a scroll with the inscription: 'For Valor'. The ribbon is blue with narrow white and red stripes at either edge.
The first hundred decorations that were made had the arms of the cross decorated with oak leaves, in later models the leaves are omitted.

Grid List
NameDate of birthDate of deathAwards
Bablon, Gabriel Eugène Célestin01-09-190527-03-1956more
Baetcke, Bernard G.  
Bailey, Cladie A. "Gus"26-10-191020-04-1945
Bajdek, Walter A.  
Baker, Vernon Joseph17-12-191913-07-2010more
Balch, John Henry02-01-189615-10-1980more
Baldwin, Lewis W. 17-07-1943
Balza, J. William  
Bandy, Paul  
Bangsboll, Leif21-07-191920-11-2001
Barba, James N. 13-06-1944
Barber, Ernest L.  
Barber, Henry Anson, Jr.31-07-189629-04-1956
Barberon, Bernard, Jean, Maurice26-08-191628-10-1982more
Barberot, Roger René Albert20-01-191514-11-2002more
Barbour, William C.  
Barks, Arthur Edwin14-11-191522-12-1943
Barlow, Jack T.  
Barton, Virgil E. 18-04-1945
Bassett, Maurice Marie Roger "Ludovic"  
Bastron, Leroy A.  
Baum, Abraham Jasper "Abe"29-03-192103-03-2013
Baum, Francis John (US-Army)16-08-191729-11-1944
Baxter, William T.  
Bayliss, James L. 18-12-1944
Bazata, Douglas DeWitt00-00-191100-08-1999
Bazeley, Henry Charles  
Bealke, Jacob W., Jr.  
Beaver, Chester M.  
Beavers, Harold R. 21-09-1950
Bednarz, Walter J.10-05-192118-09-1944
Beightler, Robert Sprague21-03-189212-02-1978
Belcher, Julius W.  
Bell, Bernard Pious29-12-191108-01-1971
Bell, Raymond E.  
Bell, Theodore S.  
Belmont, Gail H.  
Bender, Herman 31-12-1942
Bennett, Donald Vivian09-05-191528-11-2005more
Berryman, Richard C. 18-03-1945
Best, Frank E.  
Beugnon, Raphael G.07-02-192020-02-2011
Bias, Elbert L.  
Bieber, Melvin H.  
Billett, Omar R. 05-04-1945
Billingslea, Charles16-05-191414-03-1989more
Bingham, Sidney V., Jr.  
Bishop, Clarence  
Bishop, John Henry18-06-192002-09-2012more
Bishop, Willie H.  
Blaisdell, Donald B.13-12-192114-11-2002
Blake, Charles Anthony Howell Bruce01-12-191104-01-1951
Blakeslee, Donald James Matthew "Don"11-09-191703-09-2008more
Blamey, Jack Murray17-01-191426-11-1942
Blamey, Thomas Albert24-01-188427-05-1951more
Blanco, Luis 29-07-1943
Blanton, Benjamin T.  
Boice, William F. 19-12-1942
Bolderson, John D.  
Bolling, Alexander Russell Sr.28-08-189504-06-1964more
Bong, Richard Ira24-09-192006-08-1945more
Bonsall, John Halsey11-06-191930-08-1944
Booth, Charles Henry  
Bottcher, Herman John F.00-07-190931-12-1944more
Bouchardon, Andre J.28-02-192229-08-2014
Bouchlas, Michael S.  
Bouck, Lyle Joseph, Jr.17-12-192302-12-2016more
Bowen, Frank S., Jr.  
Bowen, William E.19-10-190524-10-1944more
Bowyer, Dale E.  
Boyd, Charles King25-07-191819-09-1944
Boyle, Clair John16-04-192002-12-1998
Boyle, William J. 12-06-2009
Bradley, James F.  
Bradley, Joseph Sladen09-06-190017-01-1961
Bradshaw, Archer L.  
Brady, Hugh M.  
Braffitt, Raymond W.20-01-191817-09-1944
Brandt, Charles A. 'Charley'00-00-192125-08-1945
Braun, Gustav Joseph, Jr.15-01-189517-03-1945more
Bray, William H. 10-11-1942
Breese, Charles Fred Osborne  
Brereton, Lewis Hyde21-06-189001-08-1967more
Brewster, John Potts30-05-190805-04-1945
Britt, Maurice Lee "Footsie"29-06-191926-11-1995more
Brohman, Howard E., Jr.  
Brown, Buster E.  
Brown, Courtney P.02-11-190402-04-2004
Brown, Fred H. 10-04-1945
Brown, Harry L.  
Browne, Barry D. 25-12-1944
Bruce, Andrew Davis14-09-189428-07-1969more
Bryan, Charles B.05-04-191900-00-2003
Buckner, Simon Bolivar (Jr.)18-07-188618-06-1945more
Bugg, Woodrow 10-04-1945
Bulkeley, John Duncan19-08-191106-04-1996more
Burke, Robert C.  
Burr, Herbert Hoover "Doc"13-09-192008-02-1990
Burton, William H., Jr.  
Butterfield, Richard S.  
Butts, Raymond O.  
Byers, Clovis Ethelbert05-11-189913-12-1973more
Byrn, Delmont K.  

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