Merrill's Marauders - Annex No. 2: Decorations

THE FOLLOWING LIST of decorations is based on the best records available to date but is not necessarily complete. It does not include the Purple Heart. Posthumous awards are indicated by an asterisk (*).

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS

1st Lt. Melvin R. Blair
Pfc. Marvin H. Dean
Pfc. Willard J. D. Lilly
Pfc. Herman Manuel
Pvt. Howard T. Smith
Tec. 5 Russell G. Wellman

LEGION OF MERIT

S/Sgt. John A. Acker
Capt. Charles E. Darlington (British Army)
S/Sgt. Roy H. Matsumoto
Maj. Melvin A. Schudmak
T/Sgt. Francis Wonsowicz

SILVER STAR

T/Sgt. Edward C. Ammon
Pfc. Marvin H. Anderson
1st Lt. Paul E. Armstrong
M/Sgt. James C. Ballard
Pfc. Earnest C. Banks
Lt. Col. Charles E. Beach
Pfc. Paul R. Bicknell
1st Lt. William Lepore
S/Sgt. Earl Little
S/Sgt. James L. Marsh
Lt. Col. George A. McGee, Jr.
Pvt. Paul V. Michael
*Tec. 4 William H. Miles
1st Lt. Robert C. Newman

115

Capt. George G. Bonnyman
1st Sgt. Clarence E. Branscomb
Maj. Edwin J. Briggs
*Pfc. Daniel V. Carrigan
S/Sgt. Ellsworth Dalmus
Tec. 4 Lewis Day, Jr.
Pfc. Harold E. Dibble
M/Sgt. Ralph E. Duston
Capt. John R. Fair
Tec. 5 Joseph N. Gomez
Pfc. Everett E. Hudson
Col. Charles N. Hunter
Tec. 5 Emory Jones
Col. Henry L. Kinnison, Jr.
*Pfc. Lambert L. Olson
Pfc. Leonard G. Porath
S/Sgt. Salvadore F. Rapisar
1st Sgt. Worth E. Rector
S/Sgt. Ernest W. Reid
Sgt. Harold Shoemaker
2d Lt. Winslow B. Steven
*Tec. 5 Luther E. Sutterfield
2Lt. John W. Travis
Pvt. Clayton A. Vantol
1st Lt. Victor J. Weingart
2d Lt. Philip S. Weld
1st Lt. Samuel V. Wilson

SOLDIER'S MEDAL

Capt. John M. Jones, III

BRONZE STAR MEDAL

Capt. John H. Ahrens
Sgt. Clifford Allen
Tec. 5 George J. Anderson
Tec. 5 Eugene F. Arnold
Tec. 5 Louis F. Barberi
Capt. Thomas E. Bogardus
Capt. George G. Bonnyman
S/Sgt. Charles H. Branton
Maj. Edwin J. Briggs
Tec. 4 Robert L. Carr
1st Sgt. Linwood C. Clements
CWO Thomas J. Dalton
Pfc. Claude L. Davis
Maj. Raymond L. Derraux
S/Sgt. John F. Doran
T/Sgt. Woodrow H. Gelander
1st Lt. William C. Grissom
Tec. 5 Koore Hanson
1st Lt. Lawrence V. Lindgren
S/Sgt. Francis K. Luke
S/Sgt. Roy H. Matsumoto
Sgt. Jack V. Mayer
1st Lt. Maurice Metcalf
1st Lt. Edward A. McLogan
Lt. Col. William L. Osborne
S/Sgt. Allen H. Overby
Pfc. Wayne M. Price
Pvt. Paul L. Rogers
Maj. Bernard Rogoff
T/Sgt. Frank Russell
2d Lt. Warren R. Smith
S/Sgt. Charles R. Stewart
Pfc. Milton Susnjer
Pfc. Joseph P. Sweeney
Sgt. Perlee W. Tintary
Pfc. Darrel M. Tomlinson

116

Maj. Richard W. Healy
2d Lt. George S. Hearn
Maj. George H. Hestad
Capt. James E. T. Hopkins
1st Lt. Theodore Hughes, Jr.
Maj. Caifson Johnson
Sgt. Edward C. Kohler
S/Sgt. Robert B. Kroy
Capt. Kenneth S. Laney
Pfc. Adam J. Lang
Tec. 5 Harland Vadnais
Sgt. Arthur A. Werner, Jr.
1st Lt. Logan E. Weston
1st Lt. Samuel V. Wilson
2d Lt. William E. Woomer
Pfc. Leonard S. Wray
Pfc. Willard F. Yardley
Sgt. Osiride O. Zanardelli
S/Sgt. Jack E. Zosel

OAK LEAF CLUSTER TO SILVER STAR

Lt. Col. Charles E. Beach
S/Sgt. Ellsworth Dalmus
1st Lt. Samuel V. Wilson