Recipients

John Wissler

John Wissler graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1978. He currently serves as a United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General.
Allan Wood

Allan Wood enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve as an aviation cadet on December 7, 1942. He was commissioned a Marine Corps Reserve second lieutenant…
Daniel Yoo

Daniel Yoo graduated from Arizona State University in 1984, and the following year was commissioned in the Marine Corps upon completion of Officer Candidate School.…
Jacob Zeilin

Jacob Zeilin was appointed a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps in 1831. On June 10, 1864 he was appointed Colonel Commandant of the Marine…
Richard Zilmer

Richard Zilmer was commissioned in the Marine Corps upon graduation from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania in 1974. He retired as a United States Marine Corps…
Franklin Wharton

Franklin Wharton was commissioned a Marine Corps Captain in August 1798. At age 36 and having only been a Marine Corps Officer for five years,…
Archibald Henderson

Archibald Henderson was appointed a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps in 1806 and by 1814 was appointed a major, by brevet. On October 17,…
Anthony Gale

Anthony Gale was commissioned in the Marine Corps on September 2, 1798. After the Death of Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Wharton on September 1, 1818, he…
John Harris

John Harris was commissioned in the Marine Corps on April 23, 1914. He was awarded a brevet rank of major in 1837 “for gallantry and…
Charles McCawley

Charles McCawley was commissioned in the Marine Corps in 1847, following in the footsteps of his father James McCawley who had been a Marine Corps…
Wilbur Bestwick

Wilbur Bestwick enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1934. On May 23, 1957 he became the FIRST Sergeant Major of the United States Marine Corps…
Francis Rauber

After graduating from high school, Francis Rauber served for two years in the Pennsylvania National Guard before enlisting in the Marine Corps in 1921. on…