The Distinguished Service Cross (United States Army) and the Navy Cross (United States Navy, Marine Corps) are the second highest decorations awarded for valor in the United States military; second only to the Medal of Honor. It is awarded to a serviceman who has distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States. The act or acts of heroism must have been so notable and have involved risk of life so extraordinary as to set the individual apart from his comrades. According to the best available data, it has been confirmed that members of Phi Delta Theta have been awarded at least 55 Distinguished Service Crosses and 29 Navy Crosses. However, there are many still unaccounted for and the list is inherently incomplete. * Indicates posthumous award Ranks are indicated based on when the medal was awarded USAAC = United States Army Air Corps (WWI) USAAF = United States Army Air Forces (WWII) USMC = United States Marine Corps USN = United States Navy USA = United States Army

1st Lt. Edward Buford Jr., USAAC Vanderbilt University, 1913 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Citation Flew with famed Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker

Capt. Robert Patterson, USA Union College, 1912 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Citation Also listed in Fed Gov't Exec. Cab.

Major Dwight F. Davis, USA Washington University, 1899 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Citation Also listed under: Politics-US Federal, Sports-Olympic/Other, Flag Officers

Lt. Robert W. Cary, USN University of Missouri, 1912 Navy Cross Recipient Citation Also a Medal of Honor Recipient

Brigadier General Cyrus S. Radford, USMC Sewanee College, 1884 Navy Cross Recipient Citation Also listed under Generals

Pharmacist's Mate First Class John Henry Balch, USN Northwestern, 1920 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Citation Interservice Award-US Army Also a Medal of Honor Recipient

Lt. Colonel Charles P. Hall, USA Univ. of Mississippi, 1909 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Citation Also listed under Generals

Capt. Frederick Muhlenberg, USA Gettysburg, 1908 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Citation Also listed in Gov't: Federal

* Capt. Elijah Worsham, USA Purdue, 1908 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Citation

Brig. Gen. John B. McDonald, USA Auburn University, 1891 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Citation Also listed in Generals

Captain Maurice Wilton Howe, USA Cornell, 1916 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Citation

Major John J. F. Steiner Univ. of Alabama, 1914 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Citation

1st Lt. Arthur T. Lee, USA Whitman College, 1917 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Citation

Capt. William J. Coyle, USA Univ. of Washington, 1912 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Citation Also listed in Gov't: State

1st Lt. Phil Henderson, USAAC Univ. of Washington, 1916 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Citation

1st Lt. Royal C. Johnson, USA University of South Dakota, 1906 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Citation Also listed in Fed. Gov't

* 2nd Lt. Charles B. Busey Univ. of Illinois, 1908 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Citation

* 2nd Lt. Edwin V. Evans University of Colorado, 1918 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Citation

* 1st Lt. Earl R. Fretz Brown, 1916 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Citation

* Capt. Mortimer H. Jordan, USA University of Alabama, 1902 Distinguished Service Cross Citation Commander. Company K, 16th Infantry 42nd "Rainbow Division" KIA. Sergy, France

Commander William H. Lee, USN North Carolina, 1904 Navy Cross Recipient Citation

Lt. Cmdr. Edmund D. Almy Univ. of Kentucky 1906 Navy Cross Recipient Citation

Luther Ellis, USA Wabash, 1914 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient

2d Lt. Harwood O. Benton, USA Washburn College, 1917 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient

William R. Farmer Washington and Jefferson, 1892 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient

Burdette S. Wright Purdue, 1915 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient

Robert Griffin Colorado-Stanford, 1916 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient

Frank Carter Georgia, 1913 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient

James J. Pirtle Wabash, 1918 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient

Paul T. Crosby Syracuse, 1913 Navy Cross Recipient

*Maj. Gen. Edwin D. Patrick, USA Indiana Univ., 1916 Dist. Serv. Cross Recipient Citation Highest ranking Phi Officer killed in action in WWII. Killed during liberation of the Philippines

Col. Keith Karl Compton USAAF Westminster, 1937 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient

Colonel Ramsey Potts, USAAF North Carolina, 1938 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Citation Also listed in Generals

Captain Osborne Hardison, USN University of North Carolina, 1911 Navy Cross Recipient Citation Also listed under Admirals

*Ensign John Porter Gray, USN Westminster College, 1937 Navy Cross Recipient Citation Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8) KIA. Battle of Midway, 1942

Lt. Col. Julian J. Ewell, USA Duke University, 1936 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Regimental Commander 101st Airborne Division Citation

Vice Adm. John McCain, USN University of Mississippi, 1905 Navy Cross Recipient Citation Last Phi to die while in service in WWII Also listed under: Flag Officers

Lt. Clark Faulkner, USN Univ. of Nebraska, 1940 Navy Cross Recipient Citation

Lt. Fred Metheny, USA University of Nebraska, 1943 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Citation

Colonel Brian O'Neill, USAAF Lafayette College, 1933 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Citation

Lt. Whitney Wright, USN Colby College, 1937 Navy Cross Recipient Citation

Capt. Charles Booth, USAAF Washington and Jefferson College, 1941 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Citation

Brig. General Francis Griswold, USAAF Ohio State, 1928 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient

* 1st Lt. William H. Swisher USMC Illinois, 1941 Navy Cross Recipient Citation

Lt. Junior Grade Joseph Eisenhuth, USN Penn State, 1948 Navy Cross Recipient Citation

John Alison, USAAF University of Florida, 1935 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Citation Also listed in Generals

*Capt. William C. Cornelius, USA Vanderbilt, 1941 Distinguished Service Cross KIA. Operation Brewer Papua New Guinea, 1944. Citation

*Major Don B. Dunham, USA Oregon State, 1932 Distinguished Service Cross 504th Parachute Infantry KIA. Altavilla, Italy, 1943 Citation

* Lt. Langdon K. Fieberling, USNR U.C. Berkeley, 1932 Navy Cross Recipient Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8) KIA. Battle of Midway, 1942 Citation

*2nd Lt. Robert M. Wilde, USAAF Univ. of Virginia, 1940 Distinguished Service Cross Citation KIA. New Guinea

*Lt. Col. Raymond S. Gates, USA Univ. of Vermont, 1926 Distinguished Service Cross Citation

2nd Lt. James F. Eckrich, USAAF Lawrence, 1944 Distinguished Service Cross 450th Bombardment Squadron 322d Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Lt. William Timms, USN Swarthmore College, 1940 Navy Cross Recipient Citation

1st. Lt. Harris C. Neil, USA Southern Methodist, 1939 Distinguished Service Cross Citation

* Cdr. Lawrence Lott Edge, USN Georgia Tech, 1933 3 Time Recipient of the Navy Cross Citations

* Capt. John L. Dufrane, Jr., USAAF Oregon State, 1932 Distinguished Service Cross

Major Gale Cleven, USAAF Wyoming, 1941 Distinguished Service Cross

Capt. Daniel K. Edwards, USA Duke, 1935 Distinguished Service Cross

Col. Charles M. Anckorn Univ. of Idaho, 1917 Distinguished Servic Cross

Cmdr. Malcolm E. Garrison Univ. of Iowa, 1932 2 Time Recipient Navy Cross

* Major Thomas N. Powell, Jr Auburn, 1937 Distinguished Service Cross Citations

*Capt. Naubert O. Simard, USA Florida, 1940 Distinguished Service Cross Citation

* 1st Lt. Thomas D. Sollom, USA North Dakota, 1941 Distinguished Service Cross Citation

* 1st Lt. Karl Tanner, USMC Texas, 1933 Navy Cross Citation KIA. Iwo Jima

Col. David Schilling, USAAF Dartmouth, 1939 Two Time Recipient Distinguished Service Cross 1 of 38 "Ace in a Day" in WWII Citation

Lt. Thomas A. Jenkins Missouri, 1936 Navy Cross Citation

1st Lt. William Sanders, USMC Randolph-Macon & Virginia 1943 Navy Cross

*Cpl. John G. Folsom, USMC Colorado College, 1943 Navy Cross

Lt. Col. Edward Hurst, USMC Mercer, 1938 Navy Cross

Lt. Col. William G. Robb, USMC Idaho, 1933 Navy Cross

Jack R. Dewitt Wisconsin, 1942 Distinguished Service Cross

Lt. Frank Charles Thomas, USMC Amherst, 1942 Navy Cross

Col. Robert Taplett, USMC University of South Dakota, 1940 Navy Cross Recipient

Brig. General Arthur S. Champeny, USA Washburn College, 1916 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Three time recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross. Previous awards in WWI and WWII

*Pvt. 1st Class Robert T. Copple, USA Hanover College, 1953 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient

Paul N. McCloskey, USMC Stanford University, 1951 Navy Cross Recipient U.S. Marines Also awarded Silver Star and two purple hearts

Major General John Hay Jr. USA Westminster, 1939 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient

Brigadier General Bernard W. Rogers, USA Kansas State, 1943 Distinguished Service Cross Recipient