Army Ruggers awarded our nation's highest awards for Valor

Distinguished Service Cross

Clair Hall Thurston, Jr. ’64 – 8 November 1965 – Republic of Vietnam

Silver Star

Lyndol L. Cook ’63 – 7-9 November 1967 – Republic of Vietnam

Robert Frank Serio ’64 – 17 April 1968 – Republic of Vietnam

John Alexander Hottell III ’64 – 2 June 1969 – Republic of Vietnam

John Alexander Hottell III ’64 – 7 July 1970 – RVN (1OLC)

William J. Connolly ’65 – Date unknown – Republic of Vietnam 

William J. Connolly ’65 – 23 November 1967 – Republic of Vietnam (1OLC)

J. Gary Droubay '66 - 14 November 1967 - Republic of Vietnam

Leigh F. Wheeler, Jr. ’66 – 24 July 1969 – Republic of Vietnam

David L. Sackett ’68 – 26 September 1969 – Republic of Vietnam

H.R. McMaster ’84 - 26 February 1991 – Iraq (Desert Storm)

Larry D. Perino ’90 – 4 October 1993 – Mogadishu, Somalia

Lloyd J. Austin ’75 - April 2003 – Iraq (OIF)

David A. Waldron '95 - April 2003 - Iraq (OIF)

Ryan L. Worthan ‘97 - 29 September 2003 – Afghanistan (OEF)

Matthew Chaney ’01 - 10 September 2007 – Iraq (OIF)

Soldiers Medal

Norton B. Wilson, Jr. ’63 – 30 March 1964 – Near Kirchgoens, West Germany

Bronze Star with “V” device

Thomas P. Carney ’63 – Date Unknown – Republic of Vietnam

George Everett Perry ’63 – 17 June 1966 – Republic of Vietnam

William J. Connolly ’65 – Date unknown – Republic of Vietnam 

William J. Connolly ’65 – Date unknown – Republic of Vietnam (1OLC)

William J. Connolly ’65 – Date unknown – Republic of Vietnam (2OLC)

David L. Sackett ’68 – 21 September 1969 – Republic of Vietnam

David L. Sackett ’68 – 24 October 1969 – Republic of Vietnam (1OLC)

William Anthony Pahissa ’69 - 22 July 1970 – Republic of Vietnam

M. Erik Kurilla '88 - 19 August 2005 - Iraq (OIF) 

Army Commendation Medal with “V” device

David L. Sackett ’68 – 13 October 1969 – Republic of Vietnam