List of distinguished winners of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal

The list is designed to include all major Navy Distinguished Service Medal holders .

Notable holders of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal

Robert H. Barrow (1922–2008), US Marine Corps , 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps
Jeremy M. Boorda (1939–1996), US Navy, 25th Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) (NDSM with two gold stars)
Omar Bradley (1893–1981), US Army , General of the Army during World War II (recipient of the Army Distinguished Service Medal )
Miles R. Browning (1897–1954), US Navy , officer in the Pacific War
Simon B. Buckner, Jr. (1886–1945), US Army, General during the Pacific War (→ Battle of Okinawa )
Arleigh Burke (1901–1996), US Navy, Admiral in the Pacific War and 15th Chief of Naval Operations (NDSM with two gold stars)
Smedley Butler (1881–1940), United States Marine Corps, General, twice Medal of Honor .
Gerald P. Carr (1932-2020), USMC, Colonel and former astronaut of NASA
Godfrey Chevalier (1889–1922), US Navy, Lieutenant Commander and pioneer in naval aviation
Joseph J. Clark (1893–1971), US Navy, Admiral in the Pacific War and first graduate of indigenous roots from the United States Naval Academy
Vern Clark , US Navy, 27th Chief of Naval Operations (NDSM with a Gold Star)
Ray Davis (1915-2003), USMC, highlydecoratedofficer during the Pacific, Korean and Vietnam Wars (NDSM with a gold star)
Pedro del Valle (1893–1978), USMC, General during the Pacific War
Charles A. Doyen (1859–1918), USMC, first holder of the NDSM
Charles W. Dyson (1861–1930), US Navy, officer and engineer
Ira C. Eaker , US Air Force , Commander of the 8th Air Fleet during World War II (carrier of the Army DSM)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969), US Army, Allied Commanding Generalin Western Europe during World War II and 34th President of the United States (1953–1961) (carrier of the Army DSM)
Daniel V. Gallery (1901–1977), US Navy, aircraft carriercommanderin the Battle of the Atlantic , later admiral
Roy A. Gano (1902–1971), US Navy, veteran of the Pacific and Korean Wars and later Vice Admiral
Roy S. Geiger (1885–1947), USMC, General during the Pacific War (NDSM with two gold stars and carrier of the Army DSM)
William F. Halsey (1882–1959), US Navy, Fleet Admiral in the Pacific War
Lewis B. Hershey (1893–1977), US Army, former officer and director of the Selective Service System (carrier of the Army DSM)
John P. Jumper , USAF, 18th Chief of Staff of the Air Force (Army DSM and Air Force Distinguished Service Medal )
John L. Hall, Jr. (1891–1978), US Navy, Admiral during World War II
Frank B. Kelso II (1933–2013), US Navy, 25th Chief of Naval Operations (NDSM with two gold stars)
Ernest King (1878–1956), US Navy, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) during World War II (NDSM with two gold stars)
John A. Lejeune (1867–1942), USMC, Lieutenant General and 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps (carrier of the Army DSM)
Charles A. Lockwood (1890–1967), US Navy, commander ofthe Pacific submarine fleet during the Pacific War (NDSM with two gold stars)
James Arthur Lovell (* 1928), US Navy, former NASA astronaut and Apollo 13 commander

Mildred H. McAfee (1900–1994), US Navy, first director of WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) within the United States Navy

Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964), US Army , General of the Army during World War I , World War II, and Korean War .

John S. McCain I. (1884–1945), US Navy, Admiral of the Fast Carrier Task Force during the Pacific War and grandfather of Senator John McCain (with two gold stars)

Alford L. McMichael , U.S. Marine Corps, 14th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps

Charles Momsen (1896–1967), US Navy, admiral and designer of the Momsen Lung

John P. Murtha (1932–2010), USMC, former Colonel and since 1973 Democrat in the House of Representatives

Chester Nimitz (1885–1966), US Navy, Admiral of the Fleet and Commander in Chief in the Central Pacific during the Pacific War (Navy DSM with three gold stars and carrier of the Army DSM)

Eli Thomas Reich (1913–1999), US Navy, submarine commander during the Pacific War (NDSM with a gold star)

Keller E. Rockey (1888–1970), USMC, commander of the 5th US Marine Division during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the Pacific War (carrier of the Army DSM)

Harry Schmidt (1886–1968), USMC, commander of the 4th US Marine Division during the Pacific War (NDSM with two gold stars)

Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. (1934–2012), US Army, Commander in Chief of all US Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf and head of Operation Desert Storm (carrier of the Army DSM)

Alan Shepard (1923–1998), US Navy, Rear Admiral and first NASA astronaut in space

Leighton W. Smith , US Navy, Admiral and Former Commanding Officer of the IFOR Mission in Bosnia

David W. Taylor (1864-1940), US Navy

Alexander A. Vandegrift (1887–1973), USMC, General during the Pacific War and 18th Commandant of the Marine Corps

Theodore S. Wilkinson (1888–1946), US Navy, Admiral in the Pacific War

Elmo R. Zumwalt (1920–2000), US Navy, 19th Chief of Naval Operations (NDSM with a gold star)