By The Numbers/Awards
Awards lists Ritchie Boys recorded as receiving the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, or Silver Star in the source spreadsheet. Names link to soldier profiles when a clear roster match exists.
The chart below shows The Ritchie Boys who were awarded the following:
- Medal of Honor (1)
- Distinguished Service Cross (1)
- Silver Star recipients (57)
Medal of Honor edit
| Name | Rank | Class | Field of action |
|---|---|---|---|
| * Brostrom, Leonard C. | Private | Class 10 | Philippines |
Distinguished Service Cross edit
| Name | Rank | Class | Field of action |
|---|---|---|---|
| * Whittlesey, Henry C. | Captain | Class 3 | China |
Silver Star edit
| Name | Rank | Class | Field of action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ackerman, Efraim | Master Sergeant | Class 4 | France |
| Arnold, David S. | 1st Lieutenant | Class 4 | Italy |
| Axtell, Eugene N. | Captain | Class 5 | Germany |
| Bagby, Edward R. | T/5 | Class 17 | Alaska |
| Bailey, Samuel L. | Sergeant | DC 28 | Austria |
| Bongers, August L. | 1st Lieutenant | Class 29 | Italy |
| Bothwell, Lyman | Major | Class 7 | Philippines |
| Brancato, Jacob S. | 1st Lieutenant | Class 8 | France |
| Bronneck, Gary H. | 1st Lieutenant | Class 17 | France |
| Burns, James D. | 1st Sergeant | Class 24 | Tunisia |
| Buttery, Edwin B. | Captain | SC 6 | Germany |
| Cahn, Herbert | Staff Sergeant | Class 16 | France |
| Canak, Dan | T/Sergeant | Class 5 | Austria |
| Cane, Lawrence | 1st Lieutenant | Class 6 | France |
| Cohn, Frederick G. | 2nd Lieutenant | Class 18 | Germany |
| Cook | Captain | Class 9 | France |
| Csasar, John F. | 2nd Lieutenant | Class 10 | Germany |
| Defourneaux, Rene | 2nd Lieutenant | Class 14 | France |
| Deka, Stanley J. | Sergeant | Class 27 | Tarawa |
| Delnore, Victor E. | Lt. Colonel | Class 2 | Germany |
| * Demetriou, Fotios D. | T/4 | Class 4 | Italy |
| Duncan, Hoyt C. Jr. | Lieutenant | Class 27 | New Britain |
| Dunlay, Philip | Lieutenant | Class 5 | Sicily |
| Edgar, Bernhard | Master Sergeant | Class 4 | France |
| Ewald, William | Captain | Class 8 | Germany |
| ** Frank, Peter R. | Master Sergeant | Class 6 | France (?) |
| Gilbert, Carl J. | Major | Class 31 | Philippines |
| Glenn, Edmund S. | Master Sergeant | Class 8 | France, Belgium |
| Grombacher, Gerd S. | Master Sergeant | Class 18 | France |
| Hadley, Arthur | 1st Lieutenant | Class 21 | Germany |
| Harrington, Francis J. | T/3 | Class 15 | France |
| Irving, Clark | 1st Lieutenant | Class 15 | Philippines |
| Keeney, Barnaby | 1st Lieutenant | Class 15 | Holland, Germany |
| Kittstein, Karl, Jr. | Captain | Class 7 | France |
| Komma, William M. | 1st Lieutenant | Class 29 | Saipan |
| Landgraff, Alfred | 2nd Lieutenant | Class 13 | France |
| LaVaux, Lloyd P. | Private | Class 13 | France |
| Lee, Glynn B. | Sergeant | Class 4 | Italy |
| Marsh, Louis V. | 2nd Lieutenant | Class 15 | France |
| Midener, Walter | Master Sergeant | Class 9 | France |
| * Mills, Benjamin | 1st Lieutenant | Class 14 | France |
| * Mosbacher, Stephen H. | Sergeant | Class 22 | Germany |
| Pendergast, James R. | 1st Lieutenant | Class 4 | France |
| Phelps, Charles P. | 1st Lieutenant | Class 29 | New Guinea |
| Pierce, Theodore L. | T/5 | Class 15 | France |
| Pisarcik, John A. | 1st Lieutenant | Class 6 | France |
| Robinow, Wolfgang F. | Master Sergeant | Class 18 | Germany |
| Scanlon, John H. | 1st Lieutenant | Class 7 | Luxembourg |
| Skala, Peter H. | 2nd Lieutenant | Class 10 | France |
| Smith, Norman | T/5 | Class 15 | Holland |
| Sperl, Ferdinand R | Capitain | Class 8 | Czech., Germany |
| Streit, Pierre D. | Master Sergeant | Class 15 | France |
| Tomich, Alex | Corporal | Class 5 | France |
| Valtin, Ralph | 2nd Lieutenant | Class 13 | Germany |
| Wells, Henry J. | T/3 | Class 11 | Germany |
| White, Joseph E. | Corporal | Class 24 | Tunisia |
| ** Wolf, Julius K | T/3 | Class 10 | Germany (?) |
- Notes
- * Killed in action
- ** Undocumented
Source and copyright edit
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