The Silver Star Medal (SSM) is the United States Armed Forces’ third-highest military decoration for valor in combat. The Silver Star Medal is awarded primarily to members of the United States Armed Forces for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States.
Notes:
Oak Leaf Cluster (OLC) denotes additional awards.
KIA-Killed In Action I MIA – Missing In Action I DOW-Died Of Wounds DOI-Died Of Injuries | NBC-Non-Battle Casualty I KLD-Killed In Line Of Duty I UNK- Unit/Rank/First name not Determined
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102nd Cavalry Group (Mecz)
Headquarters and Headquarters Troop
Colonel Cyrus A. Dolph III
Captain Elmer L. Rogers
38th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mecz)
Headquarters
Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. O’Brien
Captain William J. Buenzle
Captain Robert E. Meyer
Medical Detachment
Technician Fifth Grade Irving France
Technician Fifth Grade Kingmann K. Knapp
Technician Fifth Grade Edward P. Stewart
Troop A
First Lieutenant Howard B. Tully
First Sergeant Eldon Moak w/OLC
Staff Sergeant John E. Tietjen, Jr.
Sergeant Robert A. Irvine (KIA)
Private First Class Michael Glinski
Private Howard S. Warady (KIA)
Troop B
Captain Joseph R. Sain
First Lieutenant Harry W. Porterfield
Staff Sergeant Raymond E. McDonald
Sergeant Dale J. Otto
Sergeant Charles E. Oxenham
Technician Fifth Grade Norman A. Parent
Technician Fifth Grade Charles W. Philpot
Private First Class Joseph E. Bottini
Private Dennis L. Jones (KIA)
Private James B. Staffanson (KIA)
Troop C
Captain Elmer L. Rogers
First Lieutenant James J. O’Brien
First Lieutenant William H. Wilkerson
Second Lieutenant Harry K. Hopkins
Staff Sergeant Joseph Brown (DOW)
Staff Sergeant Joseph A. Bowman (KIA)
Sergeant John P. Cundiff
Sergeant Joseph J. Poll
Technician Fifth Grade Fred J. Cantrell
Technician Fifth Grade George C. Sullivan
Troop E
Captain Charles E. Rice
Staff Sergeant William F. Fisher
Company F
Captain Jerry H. Lewis (KIA)
First Lieutenant Robert J. Cullinan
Second Lieutenant Thomas R. Jack
Staff Sergeant Kenneth C. Lindquist
Staff Sergeant Layfe Wright
Sergeant James B. Martin
Sergeant Martin P. Messano
Sergeant Donald R. Paeper
Technician Fourth Grade Carlos G. Lucero
102nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mecz)
Headquarters
Lieutenant Colonel George A. Saunders
Major Donald W. McAvoy
Headquarters and Headquarters Troop
Major Robert E. Meyer
Corporal Glen H. Maupin
Troop A
Corporal James A. Gilbert
Troop B
Captain Roland M. Beetham
First Lieutenant Tom C. Neal (KIA)
First Sergeant Donald F. Meyer
Corporal Andrew Gogates
Private First Class Vernon H. Hedger
Troop C
Staff Sergeant Thomas H. Brennan (KIA)
Sergeant Joseph B. Pratt
Private Leon H. Cooper
Company F
First Lieutenant William W. Mitchell (KIA)
117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mecz)
Headquarters Troop
Technician Fifth Grade Delbert W. Tucker
Medical Detachment
Captain Herman F. Van Ark
Technician Fifth Grade Obin C. Pruitt
Private Walter H. Kusina
Troop A
Major Kenneth Joseph Cronin, Sr.
Major Nathan H. Fitz-Randolph
First Lieutenant William O. Repke
[Unk] Lieutenant Robert E. Benjamin
Second Lieutenant Bryant F. Casterline
Second Lieutenant Roy Mulcahey w/OLC
Staff Sergeant Michael Orlic, Jr.
Staff Sergeant Frank A. Woods
Sergeant William Anthony Della Penna
Sergeant Donald V. Flynn
Corporal Philip Chiecuto
Troop B
First Lieutenant James D. Danielson
First Lieutenant Joseph L. Syms
Corporal William V. Sheperd
Corporal George J. Smutney
Corporal Hollis C. Wollard
Troop C
First Lieutenant Stephen A. Middlebrook
Sergeant William H. P. Foster (KIA)
Private First Class Eugene J. Schmidt
Company F
Staff Sergeant Richard J. Caspar
Staff Sergeant Harold Meehan
Sergeant John E. Driscoll
Sergeant Ernest V. Tidwell
Sergeant Henry Wigand
Technician Fourth Grade Cresent W. Carr
Corporal Hollis C. Wollard
Private First Class Charles W. Fisher
Private First Class Robert D. Miller
Troop/Company Not Determined
Sergeant Philip Eugene Guter
Technician Fifth Grade Alfred F. Domenak
Private First Class William D. Powell