US Navy Cross Recipients

Introduction

This is an incomplete list of American recipients of the Navy Cross medal, awarded for exceptional service during the Korean War. To contribute missing information, contact us.

To view post-war recipients, visit DMZ Navy Cross.

Statistics

• A total of 267 Navy Crosses were awarded for heroism in Korea
  • Two men earned two Navy Crosses in Korea
• This list represents 265 men who received Navy Crosses in Korea
  • U.S. Navy - 41
  • U.S. Marines - 221
  • U.S. Army - 3
• At least 84 awards of the Navy Cross were posthumously award
  • U.S. Navy - 13
  • U.S. Marines - 70
  • U.S. Army - 1
• John Page (USA) earned the Navy Cross and the Medal of Honor in Korea
• Lewis Puller (USMC) earned his 5th Navy Cross and the DSC in Korea
• Four WWII Navy Cross recipients earned a 2nd award in Korea
• One Korean War Navy Cross recipient earned a 2nd award in Vietnam
• Navy Crosses were earned by at least 26 Navy Corpsmen (8 Posthumously)
• Navy Crosses were earned by at least 4 Navy and 5 USMC Pilots

Alphabetical List

A

• Abell, Welton R. (USMC)
• Adams, Richard J. (USMC)
• Alley, David W. (USMC)
• Adams, Jon D. (USMC)
• Alexander, George W. (USMC)
• Austin, Wayne D. (USN)

B

• Babbitt, Arlene K. (USN)
• Benavides, Adolfo (USMC)
• Bradshaw, Charles W. (USMC)**
• Bancroft, Arthur R. (USMC)*
• Betts, Elmer R. (USMC)
• Brady, Joseph C. (USN)
• Banks, Charles L. (USMC)
• Betts, Harrison F. (USMC)
• Bratback, Earl B. (USMC)*
• Banning, Virgil W. (USMC)
• Blasongame, Richard N. (USMC)
• Breen, Richard R. (USMC)
• Barbosa, Arthur G. (USMC)
• Blick, Joseph A. (USMC)
• Brewer, Donald E. (USN)*
• Barlow, Quinton T. (USMC)
• Bolt, John F. (USMC)
• Britt, William C. (USMC)
• Barrett, John M. (USMC)
• Booker, Dorsie H. (USMC)
• Brown, Dale W. (USN)
• Barrett, Ora E. (USMC)*
• Borawski, Walter C. (USMC)*
• Brown, William P. Jr. (USMC)* - OLC (1st was awarded in WWII)
• Barrow, Robert H. (USMC)
• Bordelon, Guy Pierre (USN)
• Bryant, Rollins M. (USMC)*
• Bates, William H. (USMC)
• Bowen, Murray M. (USN)*
• Burchick, Thomas A. (USN)
• Beard, James T. (USMC)
• Bowerman, Billie J. (USMC)
• Burr, Phillip J. (USMC)
• Beatty, Robert E. (USMC)
• Braaten, Palmer S. (USMC)*
• Butler, George H. (USMC)
• Bell, Van D. (USMC) - 1st award (OLC awarded later in Vietnam)
• Bradley, Bobbie B. (USMC)
• Butler, Wallace S. (USMC)*

C

• Caldwell, Crayton L. (USMC)*
• Chinner, John W. (USMC)
• Conaway, Lyle F. (USMC)
• Canney, John J. (USMC)*
• Christensen, Thomas A. (USN)*
• Counselman, John D. (USMC)
• Cardillo, Mario (USMC)
• Christofferson, Bernard W. (USMC)
• Crawford, Ernie LaRue (USN)
• Chadwick, Fred D. (USMC)*
• Churchill, Joe V. (USN)
• Cross, Frank S. (USMC)
• Chain, William B. (USMC)
• Clark, Eugene F. (USN)
• Chenoweth, Theodore H. (USMC)
• Collins, Albert H. (USMC)*

D

• Daigneault, Donald A. (USMC)
• Demas, John G. (USMC)
• Dragastin, Marion T. (USN)*
• Dailey, Joseph W. (USMC)
• Dirst, Lloyd V. (USMC)
• Dukes, Matthew D. (USMC)
• Davis, James C. (USMC)*
• Doezema, Richard M. (USMC)
• Dunay, Andrew F. (USMC)

E

• Ehrlich, Leland E. (USMC)*
• Elmore, George W. (USMC)*
• Estey, Ralph F. (USMC)
• Elliott, Robert J. (USMC)*
• Elwell, John B. (USMC)*

F

• Fauser, David K (USMC)
• Fisher, Joseph R. (USMC)
• Foster, Fred T. (USN)
• Fenwick, John L. (USMC)
• Fitzpatrick, George F. (USMC)*
• Fristock, Edward (USMC)*
• Fielding, Teddy Roosevelt (USN)
• Foster, Charlie (USMC)*

G

• Gallagher, James P. (USMC)
• Giovannucci, Joseph L. (USMC)
• Guild, John N. (USMC)*
• Gaul, William M. (USMC)*
• Givot, Martin L. (USMC)*
• Gzik, Richard Stanley (USMC)*
• George, Walter W. (USMC)*
• Gooding, Callis C. (USN)
• Gilligan, Donald W. (USMC)
• Green, Rodney J. (USMC)

H

• Hamby, John H. (USMC)
• Herndon, Wilbur N. (USMC)
• House, Russell J. (USMC)
• Harris, Weldon D. (USMC)
• Hightower, Ernest J. (USMC)*
• Hovatter, Donald J. (USN)*
• Harris, William F. (USMC)
• Hilliard, Frederick E. (USMC)
• Howard, Warren C. (USMC)
• Harrison, Roy E. (USMC)
• Holladay, Morse L. (USMC)
• Hull, Milton A. (USMC)
• Harvey, Amon F. (USMC)
• Holmberg, William C. (USMC)
• Hyde, David L. (USMC)*
• Hendrickson, Robert C. (USMC)
• Holt, William P. (USMC)
• Hensley, Howard C. (USMC)
• Hopkins, John L. (USMC)

I

• Ingemansson, Nils V. (USMC)

J

• Jackson, James E. (USMC)*
• Johnson, Horace L. (USMC)
• Jones, Jack R. (USMC)
• Jackson, R.A. (USMC)*
• Johnson, Walter P. (USMC)
• Jenson, Austin C. (USMC)*
• Jones, Donald R. (USMC)

K

• Kee, Vance E. (USN)
• Kita, Alex J. (USN)
• Kramer, Vincent R. (USMC)
• Keenan, Joseph F. (USN)*
• Knox, Edwin L. (USMC)
• Kurcaba, Joseph R. (USMC)*
• Kiser, Harrol (USMC)
• Kohler, Robert D. (USMC)

L

• Lambert, Donald F. (USMC)*
• Lett, Lawrence E. (USMC)*
• Lorence, Herbert M. (USMC)
• Larson, Jack F. (USMC)
• Levasseur, Ronald N. (USMC)*
• Louder, Joseph J. (USMC)
• Lawrence, James F. (USMC)
• Little, Charles G. (USMC)
• Lourim, William B. (USMC)*
• Lee, Benjamin G. (USMC)*
• Litzenberg, Homer L. (USMC) - also awarded DSC in Korea
• Lovett, Frank E. (USMC)
• Lee, Chew E. (USMC) - (name changed to "Kurt C.")
• Lutz, Eugene L. (USMC)
• Lutz, Theodore J. (USMC)
• Leeds, Joseph R. (USMC)*
• Livingston, William J. (USMC)

M

• Magda, John J. (USN)*
• McEachern, Harold O. (USN)
• Mize, Charles D. (USMC)
• Mallette, Perry A. (USMC)
• McGahn, Patrick T. (USMC)
• Monroe, Charles H. (USMC)
• Markland, Frederick J. (USMC)
• McGuire, Thomas P. (USMC)
• Moody, Clarence G. (USMC)
• Mason, Donald E. (USN)
• McNaughton, George C. (USMC)
• Morrison, Anthony G. (USMC)*
• Matheney, Richard (USMC)
• McVeen, James H. (USN)*
• Murphy, Daniel M. (USMC)
• Mathewson, Bruce (USMC)*
• Meade, John F. (USMC)
• Murray, Benjamin H. (USMC)
• Mausen, John E. (USN)
• Melvin, John B. (USMC)
• Murray, Raymond L. (USMC) - OLC (1st was awarded in WWII) - also awarded DSC in Korea
• McCloskey, Paul N. (USMC)
• Merrick, Richard Charles (USN)*
• McClung, William J. III (USMC)
• Midkiff, Earl D. (USMC)

N

• Neal, George Milton (USN)
• Nolan, Harvey W. (USMC)
• Nunez-Juarez, Ramon (USMC)**
• Nihart, Franklin B. (USMC)
• Noonkester, Henry E. (USMC)

O

• O'Donnell, Terrance W. (USN)*
• Olivhovik, John (USA)
• O'Toole, James W. (USMC)*
• Ogden, James W. (USMC)*
• Orsulak, Edmond T. (USMC)

P

• Page, John U.D. (USA)* - also awarded MOH in Korea
• Penney, Chester O. (USMC)*
• Polley, Paul N. (USN)
• Parker, Waller J. (USN)
• Peters, Uel D. (USMC)
• Pope, Charles E. (USN)*
• Parks, Donald L. (USMC)*
• Petro, George E. (USMC)
• Puckett, Clinton A. (USMC)
• Peach, Earle F. (USMC)*
• Phillips, Walter D. (USMC)*
• Puller, Lewis B. (USMC) - 4th OLC (was previously awarded two in Nicaragua and two in WWII) - also awarded DSC in Korea

R

• Ramsay, Arlis W. (USMC)*
• Roberts, Clayton L. (USMC)*
• Romero-Nieves, Enrique (USMC)
• Raymond, Robert J. (USMC)*
• Robinson, Stanley S. (USMC)
• Rowe, John A. (USMC)
• Read, Benjamin S. (USMC)
• Roise, Harold S. (USMC) - OLC (awarded twice in Korea)
• Roy, Franklin D. (USMC)
• Reusser, Kenneth L. (USMC) - OLC (1st was awarded in WWII)
• Rust, Charles V. (USMC)*
• Ryan, Howard (USMC)*

S

• Salsberry, Robert B. (USMC)
• Smith, David E. (USMC)*
• Stewart, Roy L. (USMC)
• Scott, James E. (USMC)
• Smith, H. J. (USMC)*
• Stone, Cletus H. (USN)
• Seeburger, Edward H. (USMC)
• Smith, Loren R. (USMC)
• Stouffer, Frederick E. (USMC)
• Seldal, Russell J. (USMC)
• Smith, Raymond C. (USMC)
• Stropes, Dale L. (USMC)
• Serrano, Robert (USN)
• Smith, Samuel S. (USMC)
• Sulliman, George S. (USMC)*
• Shonk, Walter C. (USMC)
• Snelling, Edward W. (USMC)
• Sullivan, George R. (USMC)
• Shouldice, Darcy V. (USN)
• Southall, James B. (USMC)
• Sutter, Allan (USMC)
• Sigmund, Louis J. (USMC)
• Speir, Frank (USA)
• Swigart, Oral R. (USMC)
• Smalley, Lloyd B. (USMC)*
• Stephen, James W. (USMC)*
• Smith, Billy D. (USN)*
• Stevens, John W. II (USMC)

T

• Taft, Kenneth E. (USMC)*
• Thompson, Will A. (USMC)*
• Toland, Donald T. (USMC)*
• Taplett, Robert D. (USMC)
• Thornton, John William (USN)**
• Touchette, Robert F. (USMC)
• Thomas, Francis R. (USMC)*
• Tidwell, Gerald G. (USMC)*
• Trombly, Alfred D. (USN)

U

• Umbaugh, Ernest J. (USMC)*

V

• Valentine, Earl L. (USMC)*
• Vestal, Lucian L. (USMC)
• Vogel, Raymond. (USN)*

W

• Waddill, Thomas, H. (USN)
• Wawrzniak, Stanley J. (USMC) - OLC (awarded twice in Korea)
• Wilson, Frank E. (USMC)
• Wagner, Robert C. (USN)
• Williams, Leslie C. (USMC)*
• Wilson, Loyd J. (USMC)*
• Walter, Stephen C. (USMC)*
• Weisgerber, William D. (USMC)
• Wolf, Wilmot H. (USMC)
• Walz, Ralph L. (USMC)*
• West, Robley E. (USMC)
• Word, John G. (USMC)
• Ward, Joseph M. (USMC)
• Westerman, Jack (USMC)
• Worster, Vance O. (USMC)*
• Wasson, Marvin L. (USMC)
• Whear, Roger G. (USN)
• Watson, John E. (USMC)
• Williams, Jack V. (USMC)*

Y

• Yancey, John (USMC) - OLC (1st was awarded in WWII)
• Yates, George W. (USMC)*

*Posthumously awarded
**Missing in Action