MATTHEW F. RUGGIERO, received the Distinguished Service Cross for his extraordinary heroism while acting as squad leader, C Co., Infantry at Oberhoffen, France, 9-10 February 1945. Mr. Ruggiero joined the […]
Citations in World War II 1941-1945:
Alejandro RRenteria Ruiz
ALEJANDRO R. RENTERIA RUIZ, Private First Class, U.S. Army, 165th Infantry, 27th Infantry Division. When his unit was stopped by a skillfully camouflaged enemy pillbox, he displayed conspicuous gallantry and […]
SSG Charles W Rush
STAFF SERGEANT CHARLES W. RUSH was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism with F Company, 141st Infantry Regiment in action near Riquewihr, France on 12 December 1944. During […]
Francis X Ryan
Mr. Ryan was a life member.
George T Sakato
George T. Sakato, United States Army: distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action on 29 October 1944, on hill 617 in the vicinity of Biffontaine, France. After his platoon had […]
CAPTAIN Ben L Salomon
Captain Ben L. Salomon, United States Army, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who served on Saipan, in the Marianas Islands on 7 July 1944, as the Surgeon for the 2d Battalion, 105th […]
MG Francis L Sampson
MG FRANCIS L. SAMPSON, received the Distinguished Service Cross for his extraordinary heroism as an airborne chaplain with the 501st Airborne Infantry on 6 and 7 June 1944 at Balise […]
William L Sanford
Mr. Sanford was a life member.
MAJ Frank H Sargent
Major Sargent was the Legion of Valor National Adjutant in the 1960’s and resided in Virginia.
Merritt M Savage
MERRIT M. SAVAGE, for extraordinary heroism while serving as a Rifle Platoon Leader of Company A, First Battalion, Twenty-eighth Marines, Fifth Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on […]