- Rank:
- Colonel
- Awarded on:
- September 8th, 1955
"The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Brigadier General [then Colonel] Robert H. Wienecke (ASN: 0-41569), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility from 25 March 1953 to 25 May 1954. (This award supersedes the prior award of the Legion of Merit (Second Oak Leaf Cluster) as announced in General Orders No. 195, Headquarters, Army Forces Far East, 26 May 1954.)"
Department of the Army, General Orders No. 53