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{{short description|United States Naval Service's distinguished service medal}}
{{Infobox military award
|name=Navy Distinguished Service Medal
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|presenter=[[United States Department of the Navy]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://awards.navy.mil/awards/webdoc01.nsf/(vwDocsByID)/DL060927142728/$file/1650.1H.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918020113/https://awards.navy.mil/awards/webdoc01.nsf/(vwDocsByID)/DL060927142728/$file/1650.1H.pdf |archive-date=2010-09-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|type= [[Distinguished service medal]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Department of Defense Manual 1348.33 Volume 1 |url=http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/134833vol1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322212444/http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/134833vol1.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 22, 2011 |work=Defense Technical Information Center|publisher=Department of Defense |access-date=1 July 2012 |pages=61–63 |date=30 September 2012}}</ref>
|eligibility= United States Navy sailors and United States Marines
|awarded_for= Exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility<ref name=SECNAVINST1650.1H>{{cite web|title=SECNAVINST 1650.1H Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual|url=https://awards.navy.mil/awards/webdoc01.nsf/%28vwDocsByID%29/DL060927142728/$file/1650.1H.pdf|publisher=United States Department of the Navy|access-date=30 September 2012|date=22 August 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216124033/https://awards.navy.mil/awards/webdoc01.nsf/(vwDocsByID)/DL060927142728/$file/1650.1H.pdf|archive-date=2012-02-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
|status= Currently awarded 
|description= 
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|established= 4 February 1919
|firstawarded=13 March 1919<ref name=history>{{cite web |url=https://awards.navy.mil/awards/webapp01.nsf/%28vwAwardsDisp%29/AW-10052085MKRQ?OpenDocument |title=Distinguished Service Medal (DM) |publisher=Awards.navy.mil |access-date=30 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019093234/https://awards.navy.mil/awards/webapp01.nsf/(vwAwardsDisp)/AW-10052085MKRQ?OpenDocument |archive-date=2010-10-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|higher=Department of Defense: [[Defense Distinguished Service Medal]]<br/>Department of Homeland Security: [[Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal]]
|same=Army: [[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Distinguished Service Medal]]<br/>Air and Space Forces: [[Air Force Distinguished Service Medal]]<br/>Coast Guard: [[Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal]]
|lower=[[Silver Star Medal]]<ref name=precedence/>
|image2=[[File:Navy Distinguished Service ribbon.svg|border|124px]]
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The '''Navy Distinguished Service Medal''' is a [[Awards and decorations of the United States military|military decoration]] of the [[United States Navy]] and [[United States Marine Corps]] which was first created in 1919 and is presented to Sailors and Marines to recognize distinguished and exceptionally meritorious service to the United States while serving in a duty or position of great responsibility.<ref name=USCode>{{cite web|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title10/pdf/USCODE-2011-title10-subtitleC-partII-chap567.pdf|title=TITLE 10, Subtitle C, PART II, CHAPTER 567, § 6243|work=U.S. Code|access-date=30 September 2012}}</ref> 

Navy Distinguished Service Medal is equivalent to the Army's [[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Distinguished Service Medal]], Air and Space Forces' [[Air Force Distinguished Service Medal]], and the [[Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal]]. The Navy Distinguished Service Medal was originally senior to the [[Navy Cross (United States)|Navy Cross]], until August 1942 when the precedence of the two decorations was reversed.<ref name=NX>{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/heritage/awards/decorations/navy-cross2.html |title=Navy Cross |publisher=History.navy.mil |access-date=3 March 2022}}</ref>  Currently, it is worn after the [[Defense Distinguished Service Medal]] and before the [[Silver Star|Silver Star Medal]].<ref name=precedence>{{cite web|url=https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/References/US-Navy-Uniforms/Uniform-Regulations/Navy-Awards-Precedence/ |title=Navy Awards Precedence Chart |publisher=Mynavyhr.navy.mil |access-date=3 March 2022}}</ref>

==History==
At the start of [[World War I]], the Department of the Navy had the [[Medal of Honor]] as the only decoration with which to recognize heroism.  To recognize acts deserving recognition, but at a level below that required for the Medal of Honor, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal and the Navy Cross were created by [[s:United States Statutes at Large/Volume 40/65th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 14|Public Law 253]] on 4 February 1919. The law made the award retroactive to 6 April 1917.  The first award of the decoration was a [[posthumous recognition|posthumous]] presentation to [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]] [[Charles A. Doyen]], USMC, on 13 March 1919.  Originally senior in precedence to the Navy Cross, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal assumed its current place below the Navy Cross by Congressional action on 7 August 1942.<ref name=history/>

==Criteria==
The Navy Distinguished Service Medal is bestowed upon members of the Navy or Marine Corps who distinguish themselves by exceptionally meritorious service to the [[United States government]] in a duty of great responsibility.<ref name=USCode/>  To justify this decoration, exceptional performance of duty must be clearly above that normally expected, and contributes to the success of a major command or project. Generally, the Distinguished Service Medal is awarded to officers in principal commands at sea, or in the field, whose service is of a manner to justify the award.  However, this does not preclude the award of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal to any individual who meets the service requirements.<ref name=SECNAVINST1650.1H/>  The term "great responsibility" implies senior military responsibility, and the decoration is normally only bestowed to senior Navy flag officers and Marine Corps general officers, or extremely senior enlisted positions such as the [[Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy]] or the [[Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps]].  In rare instances, it has also been awarded to Navy captains and Marine Corps colonels, typically those in positions of significant responsibility in direct support of senior flag and general officers, and then only by exception (usually at retirement).

==Appearance==
The Navy Distinguished Service Medal is a [[gilding|gilt]] bronze medallion {{convert|1.25|in}} in diameter.  The [[obverse and reverse|obverse]] of the medal depicts an American bald eagle in the center displaying its wings. The eagle holds an olive branch in its right talon and arrows in its left talons. The eagle is surrounded by a blue enameled ring with the words, ''• UNITED • STATES • OF • AMERICA •'' at the top and ''• NAVY •'' at the bottom.  Surrounding the blue enamel ring is a gold border of scroll waves depicted moving in a clockwise direction.  The medal is surmounted by a white five-pointed star, point up, the points of the star being tipped with gold balls.  In the center of the star is a blue anchor, while gold rays radiate between the arms of the star.<ref name=history/>

The reverse of the medal depicts a trident surrounded by a laurel wreath. The wreath is surrounded by a blue enamel ring containing the inscription ''FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE''. Like the obverse, the blue enamel ring on the reverse is surrounded by scroll waves.<ref name=history/>

The medal's suspension and service ribbon is navy blue with a single central stripe of yellow.  Additional awards of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal are denoted by gold and silver [[5/16 inch star]]s worn on the medal's suspension and [[service ribbon]].<ref name=SECNAVINST1650.1H/>

==Notable recipients==
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*[[James F. Amos]] (2 awards)
*[[Edwin Anderson Jr.]]
*[[George Whelan Anderson, Jr.|George W. Anderson]] (2 awards)
*[[John C. Aquilino]] (2 awards)
*[[David Architzel]] (2 awards)
*[[Jackson D. Arnold]]
*[[Stanley R. Arthur]] (3 awards)
*[[Bernard L. Austin]] (3 awards)
*[[Lee Baggett Jr.]] (2 awards)
*[[David W. Bagley]]
*[[Worth H. Bagley]]
*[[Ralph A. Bard]]
*[[George Barnett]]
*[[Micheal Barrett]]
*[[Robert H. Barrow]]
*[[Reginald R. Belknap]]
*[[William S. Benson]]
*[[Delbert Black]]
*[[William H. P. Blandy]] (4 awards)
*[[Walter F. Boone]]
*[[Jeremy M. Boorda]] (4 awards)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=55014|title=Jeremy Boorda - Recipient - Military Times Hall Of Valor|website=valor.militarytimes.com}}</ref>
*[[Frank L. Bowman]]
*[[Alpha L. Bowser]]
*[[Omar Bradley]]
*[[Ted N. Branch]]
*[[Robert P. Briscoe]]
*[[Mark L. Bristol]]
*[[George S. Brown]]
*[[Miles Browning]]
*[[Arleigh Burke]] (3 awards)
*[[James B. Busey IV]] (3 awards)
*[[Duane R. Bushey]]
*[[John D. Butler]]
*[[Smedley Butler]]
*[[Richard E. Byrd]] (2 awards)
*[[James F. Caldwell Jr.]] (2 awards)
*[[Albert M. Calland III]]
*[[Joe Campa]]
*[[William B. Caperton]]
*[[Robert B. Carney]] (4 awards)
*[[Clifton B. Cates]] (2 awards)
*[[Leonard F. Chapman Jr.]] (3 awards)
*[[Jehu V. Chase]]
*[[Claire L. Chennault]]
*[[Henry G. Chiles Jr.]]
*[[Albert T. Church III]]
*[[Bernard A. Clarey]] (5 awards)
*[[Vern Clark]] (3 awards)
*[[Archie R. Clemins]] (3 awards)
*[[Robert E. Cleary]]
*[[Bruce W. Clingan]] (3 awards)
*[[Richard G. Colbert]] (2 awards)
*[[Robert H. Conn]]
*[[Michael J. Connor]]
*[[James T. Conway]]
*[[Charles M. Cooke Jr.]]
*[[Robert Coontz]]
*[[John G. Cotton]]
*[[Ralph W. Cousins]] (3 awards)
*[[James W. Crawford III]]
*[[Leland D. Crawford]]
*[[Thomas S. Crow]]
*[[William J. Crowe]] (3 awards)
*[[Maurice E. Curts]] (2 awards)
*[[Robert E. Cushman Jr.]] (4 awards)
*[[Peter H. Daly]] (2 awards)
*[[Philip S. Davidson]] (2 awards)
*[[Arthur C. Davis]] (2 awards)
*[[Donald C. Davis]]
*[[Bruce DeMars]]
*[[Nanette M. DeRenzi]]
*[[Martin Dempsey]]
*[[Louis E. Denfeld]]
*[[Robert L. Dennison]]
*[[Nanette M. DeRenzi
*[[Vincent P. de Poix]] (3 awards)
*[[Louis R. de Steiguer]]
*[[Kirkland H. Donald]] (3 awards)
*[[Walter Doran]] (2 awards)
*[[Charles A. Doyen]]
*[[Charles K. Duncan]]
*[[Kevin M. Donegan]] (2 awards)
*[[Joseph Dunford]]
*[[Charles W. Dyson]]
*[[Edward W. Eberle]] 
*[[Thomas A. Edison]]
*[[Leon A. Edney]] (2 awards)
*[[Richard S. Edwards]]
*[[Robert L. Eichelberger]] (4 awards)
*[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
*[[James O. Ellis]]
*[[Edward Ellsberg]]
*[[John L. Estrada]]
*[[Craig S. Faller]]
*[[William J. Fallon]]
*[[Thomas B. Fargo]] (4 awards)
*[[William Fechteler]] (2 awards)
*[[Harry D. Felt]] (2 awards)
*[[Mark E. Ferguson III]] (3 awards)
* [[Jason K. Fettig]]
*[[James Fife]] (3 awards)
*[[James R. Fitzgerald]] (2 awards)
*[[Mark P. Fitzgerald]] (2 awards)
*[[William J. Flanagan Jr.]]
*[[Frank F. Fletcher]]
*[[Frank J. Fletcher]]
*[[Lisa Franchetti]]
*[[James G. Foggo III]] (2 awards)
*[[Sylvester R. Foley Jr.]] (2 awards)
*[[Ignatius J. Galantin]]
*[[Daniel V. Gallery]]
*[[Roy Alexander Gano]]
*[[Noel A. M. Gayler]] (2 awards)
*[[Edmund P. Giambastiani]] (5 awards)
*[[Albert Gleaves]]
*[[William E. Gortney]] (2 awards)
*[[Christopher W. Grady]] 
*[[Alfred M. Gray Jr.]] (2 awards)
*[[Collin P. Green]]
*[[Jonathan W. Greenert]] (6 awards)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=313663|title=Jonathan Greenert - Recipient - Military Times Hall Of Valor|website=valor.militarytimes.com}}</ref>
*[[Wallace M. Greene]] (2 awards)
*[[Charles D. Griffin]] (2 awards)
*[[John Hagan (USN)|John Hagan]]
*[[Alexander Haig]]
*[[John L. Hall, Jr.]]
*[[William F. Halsey, Jr.]] (4 awards)
*[[Cecil D. Haney]] (2 awards)
*[[Huntington Hardisty]] 
*[[Harry B. Harris Jr.]] (3 awards)
*[[Thomas C. Hart]] (2 awards)
*[[John C. Harvey Jr.]] (2 awards)
*[[Ronald J. Hays]] (3 awards)
*[[Thomas B. Hayward]] (3 awards)
*[[Arthur Japy Hepburn]]
*[[James L. Herdt]]
*[[Diego E. Hernández]]
*[[H. Kent Hewitt]] (2 awards)
*[[Frank T. Hines]]
*[[Thomas Holcomb]]
*[[James L. Holloway Jr.]]
*[[James L. Holloway III]] (4 awards)
*[[Ephraim P. Holmes]]
*[[Wilfred Holmes]]
*[[James R. Hogg]] (2 awards)
*[[Herbert G. Hopwood]]
*[[Frederick J. Horne]]
*[[Michelle Howard]] (2 awards)
*[[Charles F. Hughes]]
*[[John Hyland|John J. Hyland]] (2 awards)
*[[Royal E. Ingersoll]]
*[[Stuart H. Ingersoll]] (2 awards)
*[[Jonas H. Ingram]] (3 awards)
*[[Bobby Inman]]
*[[David E. Jeremiah]] (5 awards)
*[[Jay L. Johnson]]
*[[Jerome L. Johnson]]
*[[Means Johnston Jr.]] (2 awards)
*[[David C. Jones]]
*[[Hilary P. Jones]]
*[[Sara A. Joyner]]
*[[Timothy J. Keating]] (2 awards)
*[[Frank B. Kelso II]] (3 awards)
*[[Paul X. Kelley]]
*[[Carlton W. Kent]]
*[[Joseph D. Kernan]] (2 awards)
*[[Margaret G. Kibben]]
*[[Isaac C. Kidd Jr.]] (3 awards)
*[[Ernest J. King]] (3 awards)
*[[Tracy W. King]] (2 awards)
*[[Thomas C. Kinkaid]] (3 awards)
*[[George E. R. Kinnear II]] (2 awards)
*[[John Kirby (admiral)|John Kirby]]
*[[Alan G. Kirk]]
*[[Austin M. Knight]]
*[[Charles C. Krulak]] (2 awards)
*[[Henry Louis Larsen]] (2 awards)
*[[Charles R. Larson]] (7 awards)
*[[Edwin T. Layton]]
*[[William D. Leahy]] (3 awards)
*[[Julien J. LeBourgeois]] (2 awards)<ref>[http://ussnorris.homestead.com/leBourgeois.html USS ''Norris'' Ship's Captains: LeBourgeois '59-'61]</ref>
*[[Lewis G. Lee]]
*[[Willis A. Lee]] (2 awards)
*[[John A. Lejeune]]
*[[Lyman Lemnitzer]]
*[[Samuel J. Locklear]] (2 awards)
*[[Charles A. Lockwood]] (3 awards)
*[[Robert L. J. Long]] (2 awards)
*[[Thomas J. Lopez]] (2 awards)
*[[James Lyons (admiral)|James Lyons]] (2 awards)
*[[Douglas MacArthur]]
*[[Harold M. Martin]]
*[[James N. Mattis]]
*[[Henry H. Mauz Jr.]] (3 awards)
*[[Henry T. Mayo]]
*[[Mildred H. McAfee]]
*[[John S. McCain Sr.]] (3 awards)
*[[John S. McCain Jr.]] (2 awards)
*[[Keith B. McCutcheon]] (3 awards)
*[[David L. McDonald]] (2 awards)
*[[Wesley L. McDonald]] (2 awards)
*[[Kinnaird R. McKee]]
*[[Alford L. McMichael]]
*[[Joseph V. Medina]]
*[[George E. Mayer]]
*[[Wayne E. Meyer]]
*[[Frederick H. Michaelis]] (2 awards)
*[[Richard W. Mies]]
*[[Paul David Miller|Paul D. Miller]] (3 awards)
*[[Marc Mitscher]] (3 awards)
*[[Ben Moreell]] (2 awards)
*[[Thomas H. Moorer]] (5 awards)
*[[William F. Moran (admiral)|William F. Moran]] (2 awards)
*[[Michael Mullen]] (2 awards)
*[[Carl E. Mundy Jr.]]
*[[Charles L. Munns]] (2 awards)
*[[Orin G. Murfin]]
*[[Daniel J. Murphy]]
*[[Dennis J. Murphy]]
*[[John Murtha]]
*[[Richard Myers]]
*[[John B. Nathman]] (4 awards)
*[[Robert J. Natter]] (5 awards)
*[[Wendell C. Neville]] (2 awards)
*[[Chester W. Nimitz]] (4 awards)
*[[Eric T. Olson]]
*[[William A. Owens]] (2 awards)
*[[Peter Pace]]
*[[Randolph M. Pate]]
*[[Frank E. Petersen]]
*[[Donald L. Pilling]]
*[[William H. Plackett]]
*[[John Cyril Porte]]
*[[Carol M. Pottenger]]
*[[Colin Powell]]
*[[William V. Pratt]]
*[[Joseph W. Prueher]]
*[[Sean A. Pybus]]
*[[Arthur W. Radford]] (4 awards)
*[[Marion Frederic Ramírez de Arellano]]
*[[DeWitt Clinton Ramsey]] (2 awards)
*[[J. Paul Reason]]
*[[Joseph M. Reeves]]
*[[Eli T. Reich]] (2 awards)
*[[John M. Richardson (admiral)|John M. Richardson]] (3 awards)
*[[Claude V. Ricketts]]
*[[Hyman G. Rickover]] (3 awards)
*[[Herbert D. Riley]]
*[[Maurice H. Rindskopf]]
*[[Horacio Rivero Jr.]] (3 awards)
*[[Joseph Rochefort]] (Posthumously awarded in 1985)
*[[Carson Abel Roberts]]
*[[Louis Robertshaw]]
*[[Samuel M. Robinson]]
*[[Hugh Rodman]]
*[[Bernard W. Rogers]]
*[[Michael S. Rogers]]
*[[Gary Roughead]] (2 awards)
*[[Ross E. Rowell]]
*[[James S. Russell]] (2 awards)
*[[John H. Russell Jr.]]
*[[Billy C. Sanders]]
*[[Walter M. Schirra]]
*[[Harry Schmidt (USMC)|Harry Schmidt]] (3 awards)
*[[Terry D. Scott]]
*[[David F. Sellers]]
*[[Benedict J. Semmes, Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://navy.togetherweserved.com/usn/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=510200|title=Shadow box|website=navy.togetherweserved.com}}</ref>
*[[James E. Service]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epnaao.com/BIOS_files/REGULARS/Service-%20James%20E.pdf|title=epnaao.com James E. Service, VADM, USN (Ret.)}}</ref>
*[[Sumner Shapiro]]
*[[U. S. Grant Sharp Jr.]] (2 awards)
*[[Harold E. Shear]] (2 awards)
*[[Alan Shepard]]
*[[Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr.]]
*[[Forrest P. Sherman]]
*[[Eric Shinseki]]
*[[David M. Shoup]]
*[[John H. Sides]]
*[[William Sims]] 
*[[William N. Small]] (2 awards)
*[[Edward H. Smith (sailor)|Edward H. Smith]]<ref>* {{cite web|title=Edward H. Smith Biography|url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/people/Flags/SmithEBio.pdf|work=Retired U.S. Coast Guard Flag Officers|publisher=U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office|access-date=26 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102064912/http://www.uscg.mil/history/people/Flags/SmithEBio.pdf|archive-date=2012-11-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Leighton W. Smith Jr.]]
*[[Harold Page Smith]]
*[[Holland M. Smith]] (4 awards)
*[[William D. Smith (admiral)|William D. Smith]] (2 awards)
*[[David W. Sommers]]
*[[Raymond A. Spruance]] (3 awards)
*[[William H. Standley]]
*[[Harold R. Stark]] (3 awards)
*[[James G. Stavridis]]
*[[Clark Daniel Stearns]]
*[[Michael D. Stevens]]
*[[Vincent R. Stewart]]
*[[James Stockdale]] (3 awards)
*[[Joseph C. Strasser]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usna63.org/classmates/roster/cur-bio/316020.html|title=Joe Strasser Current Data|website=www.usna63.org}}</ref>
*[[Joseph Strauss (admiral)|Joseph Strauss]]
*[[Lewis Strauss]]
*[[William O. Studeman]]
*[[Felix Stump]]
*[[Scott H. Swift]] (3 awards)
*[[David W. Taylor]]
*[[Montgomery M. Taylor]]
*[[John S. Thach]] (2 awards)
*[[Kurt W. Tidd]]
*[[Jan E. Tighe]]
*[[John H. Towers]]
*[[Patricia Ann Tracey]]
*[[Harry D. Train II]] (4 awards)
*[[Carlisle Trost]] (3 awards)
*[[Jeffrey E. Trussler]]
*[[Richmond K. Turner]] (4 awards)
*[[Stansfield Turner]]
*[[Nathan F. Twining]]
*[[Pedro del Valle]]
*[[Alexander Vandegrift]]
*[[John W. Vessey Jr.]]
*[[Russell R. Waesche]]
*[[Robert Walker (sailor)|Robert Walker]]
*[[Patrick M. Walsh]] (3 awards)
*[[Thomas Washington]]
*[[James D. Watkins|James Watkins]] (3 awards)
*[[John P. Weinel]] (4 awards)
*[[Maurice F. Weisner]] (4 awards)
*[[Edward F. Welch, Jr.]]
*[[Waldemar F.A. Wendt]] (3 awards)
*[[Robert Wertheim]] (2 awards)
*[[Rick West (sailor)|Rick West]]
*[[Steven A. White]]
*[[John Whittet]]
*[[Alfred J. Whittle Jr.]] (2 awards)
*[[Henry A. Wiley]]
*[[Charles E. Wilhelm]]
*[[Theodore S. Wilkinson]]
*[[Robert F. Willard]] (3 awards)
*[[Henry B. Wilson]]
*[[James A. Winnefeld, Jr.]]
*[[Clark H. Woodward]] (2 awards)
*[[Jerauld Wright]] (2 awards)
*[[Harry E. Yarnell]]
*[[James A. Zimble]]
*[[Anthony Zinni]]
*[[Ronald J. Zlatoper]]
*[[Elmo Zumwalt]] (3 awards)
}}

==See also==

*[[Awards and decorations of the United States military]]
*[[Air Force Distinguished Service Medal]]
*[[Coast and Geodetic Survey Distinguished Service Medal]]
*[[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)]]
*[[Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal]]
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==References==
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==External links==
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