(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: First Lieutenant Barry W. Beard, United States Air Force, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight in Southeast Asia.
Headquarters, 13th Air Force, Special Order GA-0406 (November 4, 1972)
(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: First Lieutenant Barry W. Beard, United States Air Force, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight in Southeast Asia on 9 May 1972.