List of Soldier's Medal recipients explained

This article contains a list of Wikipedia articles about recipients of the United States Army's Soldier's Medal, awarded to "any person of the Armed Forces of the United States or of a friendly foreign nation who, while serving in any capacity with the Army of the United States, distinguished himself or herself by heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy." (Army Regulation 600-8-22).

Soldier's Medal

Inter-war years

• William A. Matheny, USAAF^[1]

World War II

• Marty Allen, USAAF (comedian)
• Allison Brooks, USAAF
• David E. Grange, Jr., WW2 or Korea
• Bob Hoover, USAAF^[2]
• Otto Kerner, Jr., USA
• Charles A. MacGillivary, USA, MOH
• Henry Mucci
• Frank D. Peregory, USA, MOH
• Preston Schoyer, USA ^[3]
• Walter K. Wilson, Jr., USA, WW2 or other

Korea

• John T. Corley, USA, Korea or WW2
• John Galvin, USA, Korea or Vietnam
• Reis Leming, USAF, during Korean War
• Leo J. Meyer, USA, Korea, 1951
• Edwin W. Rawlings, USAF, Post-Korea, 1954
• Leon L. Van Autreve, Korea or other

Vietnam

• Glenn Andreotta, USA
• Leonard Boswell, USA
• Lawrence Colburn, USA
• Richard Gary Davis, USA
• William W. Hartzog, USA
• Mike Hayden, USA
• Colin Powell, USA
• Doug Peacock, USA^[4]
• Donn A. Starry, USA^[5]
• Hugh Thompson, USA
• Alfred Valenzuela, USA

Gulf War

• Wayne A. Downing, USA, Gulf War or Vietnam

Awarded Soldier's Medal

• James Leroy Bondsteel, USA, MOH, Vietnam
• Melbourne Kimsey, USAF
• John K. Singlaub, USA

Notes and References

1. News: Watson. Elmo Scott. The Soldier's Medal. September 29, 2016. Oak Creek Times. 23. 39. July 16, 1931.
2. Web site: Glines. C.V.. Book Review: Forever Flying. HistoryNet. World History Group. September 29, 2016.
3. News: Flint. Peter B. . B. Preston Schoyer, 66, Novelist And Author of Articles on China. The New York Times. March 14, 1978. 38. July 1, 2023.
4. Web site: Author, veteran to present reading, lecture at Linfield. Linfield News. Linfield College. McMinnville, Oregon. September 28, 2012. Linfield News Team . July 1, 2023.
5. News: Langer. Emily. Four-star general Donn A. Starry dies at 86. September 29, 2016. The Washington Post. September 1, 2011.