Names and Citations of Recipients of the Air Force Cross

Recipients Of The
Air Force Cross

191 Total Awards*

World War II (2 Awards)

Vietnam War (179 Awards)

Cold War (1 Award)

Awards from Vietnam - 2000 (7 Awards)

Awards in the Global War on Terrorism (2 Awards)

*Figures do NOT include the AFC awarded to Airman William Pitsenbarger (AFC upgraded to MOH)

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World War II

Drew, Urban L

* Posthumous Award or KIA
** Posthumous Award (MIA)
# Former Prisoner of War

Sloan, William J.

Cold War (Cuba)

*Anderson, Rudolph

Vietnam War

Adams, Victor R.

Funderburk, Leonard J.

*Mongillo, Paul John

**Allee, Richard Kenneth

Gamlin, Theodore R.

**Moorberg, Monte Larue

Allison, John V.

Gibson, James K.

Nagel, Richard A., Jr.

Armstrong, Larry D.

Gilroy, Kevin A.

Newman, Thomas A.

*#Atterberry, Edwin Lee

Gonzales, Leonard A.

Norris, William C.

Baer, Allan R.

Green, Joe B.

O’Mara, Oliver E.

*Baldwin, Robert Lanoue

Griggs, Jerry M.

Olds, Robin

Beale, Robert S.

Gruver, John C.

Olsen, Don P.

#Black, Arthur N.

#Guarino, Lawrence N.

Orrell, Bennie D.

Bode, John R.

Gustafson, Gerald C.

Parr, Ralph S. (DSC Korea)

#Boyd, Charles G.

#Guy, Theodore W.

Personett, Joseph A.

Boyd, William, Jr.

Hackney, Duane D.

**Peterson, Delbert Ray

Brickel, James R.

Hackney, Hunter F.

**Pogreba, Dean Andrew

*Britt, Aquilla Friend

Hall, James H.

Poling, Richard L.

Britton, Warner A.

**Hamilton, John Smith

Price, Donald S.

Broughton, Jacksel M.

Harding, James C.

*Richter, Karl Wendell

**Brower, Ralph Wayne

Harp, Tilford W.

#Risner, Robinson (OLC)

*Bucher, Bernard Ludwig

Henning, Hal P.

Ritchie, Richard S.

#Burroughs, William D.

**Hickman, Vincent Joseph

#Robinson, William A.

Caldwell, William R.

Hoblit, Jerry N.

Robinson, William P.

Campbell, Jesse W.

Hoggatt, Ralph S.

**Ronca, Robert Francis

Campbell, Thomas A.

**Holland, Lawrence Thomas

Rowan, John M,

**Carroll, John Leonard

Hopkin’s, James R.

**Schaneberg, Leroy Clyde

Carter, William R.

#Horinek, Ramon A.

**Schmidt, Norman

#Cherry, Fred V.

Hudson, Jackson L.

Schurr, Harry W.

Clarke, Colin A.

Hunt, Russell M.

*Scott, Travis Henry, Jr.

*Clay, Eugene Lunsford

Jeannotte, Alfred J., Jr.

*Sellers, Jerry Alan

*#Cobeil, Earl Glenn

#Johnson, Harold E.

Sellers, Kenneth H.

**Cody, Howard Rudolph

Kalen, Herbert D.

Shannon, Fred

**Collins, Willard Marion

#Kasler, James H. (2 OLC)

Shaub, Charles L.

**Conley, Eugene Ogden

Kennedy, Leland T. (OLC)

Smith, Donald G.

Conran, Philip J.

Kent, Nacey, Jr.

Smith, Robert W.

**Cooper, William Earl

**Killian, Melvin Joseph

Smith, Ronald E.

Corder, John A.

**King, Charles Douglas

Smith, Rowland F., Jr.

*Courtney, Terence Francis

#Kirk, Thomas H., Jr.

Smith, Weston T.

#Curtis, Thomas J.

**Knight, Roy Abner, Jr.

Stevens, Donald D.

Dallman, Howard M.

Koeltzow, Paul F.

Stocks, Bruce D.

#Day, George E. (MOH)

Lackey, John E.

**Storz, Ronald Edward

Dayton, Thomas E.

**Leetun, Darel Dean

Stovall, Dale E.

DeBellvue, Charles B.

**Lielmanis, Atis Karlis

Talley, Joel E.

DeTar, Dean E.

*Lukasik, Bernard Francis

Titus, Robert F.

Donelson, Nicholas J.

Madden,Joseph B.

#Trautman, Konrad W.

Donohue, Frederic M.

*Maisey, Reginald Victor, Jr.

Traynor, Dennis W., III

Dorsett, Tracey K., Jr.

*#Martin, Duane Whitney

Tsouprake, Peter

**Draeger, Walter Frank, Jr.

**Martin, William Reynolds

Turner, Robert E.

#Dramesi, John A. (OLC)

Marx, Donald L.

*Weatherby, Jack Wilton

Engle, Charles Edwin

Mason, Larry B.

#Wells, Norman L.

Eppinger, Dale L.

**Maysey, Larry Wayne

Whatley, Wayne N.

*Etchberger, Richard Loy

Maywald, Phillip V.

White, Robert M.

Etzel, Gregory A. M.

*McAllister, William Walte

**Whitesides, Richard Lebrou

Feinstein, Jeffrey S.

McCarthy, James R.

**Wilke, Robert Frederick

Feuerriegel, Karl T.

McGrath, Charles D.

Williams, David H.

Finck, George C.

McInerney, James E., Jr.

Wofford, Travis

Firse, John A.

#McKnight, George G.

**Wood, Patrick Hardy

Fish, Michael E.

McTasney, John B.

Worrell, Rowland H., III

Fleener, Delbert W.

Mehr, Richard L.

Wright, Garth A.

#Flynn, John P.

**Mitchell, Carl Berg

Wright, LeRoy

Francisco, Michael C.

Mize, John D.

York, Glen P.

*NOTE: The AFC originally awarded Airman 1/c William Pitsenbarger was upgraded to the Medal of Honor on Dec 8, 2000.

Mayaguez Incident

Backlund, Donald R.

Brims, Richard C.

Harston, Jon D.

Purser, Rowland W.

Desert Storm

#Andrews, Bill

Johnson, Paul

Somalia

Wilkinson, Timothy A.

Afghanistan

*Cunningham, Jason Dean

*Chapman, John

*Indicates Posthumous Awards (Also includes recipients KIA after their AFC Award)
**Indicates Missing In Action
# Indicates Prisoner of War Status

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