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Defense Distinguished Service Medal

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  • Major General Perry Milo Hoisington, II (1916 - 2006)
    Major General Perry Milo Hoisington, II General Hoisington was born at West Point, New York, in 1916, the son of Colonel and Mrs. Gregory Hoisington. He was one of six children, three boy...
  • Lieutenant General Arthur J. Gregg (1928 - 2024)
    Arthur James Gregg (May 11, 1928 – August 22, 2024) was an American military officer who on July 1, 1977, became the first African American in the U.S. Army to reach the rank of lieutenant general. P...
  • LTG. Harold Robert Aaron (1921 - 1980)
    Robert Aaron (June 21, 1921 – April 30, 1980) was a general in the U.S. Army.Originally from Indiana, Aaron graduated from United States Military Academy at West Point in 1943 and served in Europe duri...
  • Rear Admiral Paul Ramseur Anderson (1907 - 1973)
    Rear Admiral Paul Ramseur Anderson Paul Ramseur Anderson was born in Statesville, North Carolina, on 1 May 1901, son of George R. and Margaret (Wood) Anderson. He attended Statesville (North ...
  • Lieutenant General Emmett H. Walker Jr. (1924 - 2007)
    Emmett H. 'Mickey' Walker (March 16, 1924 – December 11, 2007) was a U.S. Army lieutenant general who served as the Chief of the National Guard Bureau from 1982 to 1986.

The Defense Distinguished Service Medal is a military decoration of the United States Department of Defense, which is presented to United States Armed Forces servicemembers for exceptionally distinguished performance of duty contributing to the national security or defense of the United States. The medal was created on July 9, 1970, by President Richard Nixon in Executive Order 11545. President Nixon awarded the first medal, on the day the Executive Order was signed, to General Earle Wheeler, who was retiring from the US Army after serving as Chief of Staff of the United States Army and then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

It is equivalent to the United States Department of Homeland Security's Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal.