Recipients

Carolyn, John and Luanne Miller were translators with Wycliffe Bible Translators and had lived in Southeast Asia since 1961 to study the Bru tribes people…

James Simpson was an American Civilian working for Decca Navigation Systems, Inc., in South Vietnam when he and British civilian Thomas Cornthwaite, a fellow employee,…

Henry Blood was a Missionary Translator for Wickcliff Translators, working in Southeast Asia. He was taken prisoner in South Vietnam on February 1, 1968 and…

Samuel Mattix was a missionary with the Christian Missions of Many Lands, serving in Laos, when he was captured on October 28, 1972 with others…

Welles Hangen was a civilian correspondent for NBC News when he, his crew, and other news media civilians were captured in Cambodia on May 31,…

Robert Grzyb was an American civilian who was captured on a road in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam on December 10, 1967. He was reportedly detained…

A Korean War veteran, Lewis Meyer was serving at the Naval Air Station, DaNang, as Assistant Fire Chief in charge of coordinating and standardizing fire…

Thomas Kalil, an American Civilian working in Southeast Asia, was captured along with fellow civilians John Fritz and James Newingham near Bien Hoa, South Vietnam,…