(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General Samuel Grady Cockerham, United States Army, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General Samuel Grady Cockerham, United States Army, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving as Commanding Officer, 34th Aviation Group, and Commanding Officer, 1st Aviation Brigade, in the Republic of Vietnam, from 1969 to 1971.