Top 50 Most Highly Decorated U.S. Military Personnel of All Time

Last Updated:  26 December 2009

On this page I have used my Medal Points System to list the Top 50 Most Highly Decorated U.S. Mlitary Personnel in American History. This includes all military branches and all time periods. Although I believe the list to be inclusive of all Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines, it is still a work in progress. As I research new personnel, it is possible I will find someone new that will make the top 50 list. My master list I work from includes over 1,000 military personnel. There are two lists: the first list requires that the person has to have been awarded the Medal of Honor; the second list simply totals up the person's points, no matter what their highest decoration is.

If the person's name is underlined, it will link to their tribute on this web site when you click on it.

 

Top 50 With Medal of Honor:                                                             Top 50 by points, regardless of highest decoration:

1. GA Douglas MacArthur, USA	1. GA Douglas MacArthur, USA
2. Col Edward V. Rickenbacker, USAAS	2. Col David H. Hackworth, USA
3. VADM John D. Bulkeley, USN	3. Col Edward V. Rickenbacker, USAAS
4. CDR Samuel D. Dealey, USN	4. BG John T. Corley, USA
5. SgtMaj Daniel J. Daly, USMC	5. VADM John D. Bulkeley, USN
6. Col Robert L. Howard, USA	6. CDR Samuel D. Dealey, USN
7. RADM Eugene B. Fluckey, USN	7. SgtMaj Daniel J. Daly, USMC
8. RADM Richard H. O'Kane, USN	8. Col James H. Kasler, USAF
9. Maj Thomas B. McGuire, Jr., USAAF	9. LtGen Lewis B. Puller, USMC
10. VADM James B. Stockdale, USN	10. Gen John C. Meyer, USAF
11. Maj Gen Smedley D. Butler, USMC	11. Col David C. Schilling, USAF
12. MG Patrick H. Brady, USA	12. Col Robert L. Howard, USA
13. VADM Joel T. Boone, USN	13. Gen James A. Van Fleet, USA
14. Maj Richard I. Bong, USAAF	14. RADM Eugene B. Fluckey, USN
15. Gen Raymond G. Davis, USMC	15. RADM Richard H. O'Kane, USN
16. Col George E. Day, USAF	16. Gen William E. DePuy, USA
17. Col George A. Davis, USAF	17. Col Francis S. Gabreski, USAF
18. PO1 James E. Williams, USN	18. Maj Thomas B. McGuire, Jr., USAAF
19. Col Leo K. Thorsness, USAF	19. VADM James B. Stockdale, USN
20. VADM Lawson P. Ramage, USN	20. Col James C. Harding, USAF
21. 1stLt Henry L. Hulbert, USMC	21. MajGen Smedley D. Butler, USMC
22. LTC Raymond Harvey, USA	22. MG Patrick H. Brady, USA
23. MajGen James L. Day, USMC	23. VADM Joel T. Boone, USN
24. LCDR John C. McCloy, USN	24. Maj Gen Frank O. Hunter, USAAF
25. Col Gordon Johnston, USA	25. Gen John R. Deane, Jr., USA
26. Capt Joe R. Hooper, USA	26. Col Ralph S. Parr, Jr., USAF
27. Maj Gen Merritt A. Edson, USMC	27. RADM Roy M. Davenport, USN
28. BGen Herman H. Hanneken, USMC	28. Maj Richard I. Bong, USAAF
29. Maj Audie L. Murphy, USA	29. RADM James B. Linder, USN
30. Col Lloyd L. Burke, USA	30. Gen Barry R. McCaffrey, USA
31. Col Lewis L. Millett, USA	31. Maj Gen Robert M. White, USAF
32. CAPT David McCampbell, USN	32. Gen Raymond G. Davis, USMC
33. Col James E. Swett, USMC	33. Col Theodore W. Guy, USAF
34. CPL John H. Pruitt, USMC	34. Gen Creighton W. Abrams, Jr., USA
35. Maj Louis Cukela, USMC	35. Brig Gen R. Stephen Ritchie, USAF
36. RADM Richard E. Byrd, USN	36. Col George E. Day, USAF
37. LTC Matt L. Urban, USA	37. Col George A. Davis, USAF
38. MG William F. Dean, USA	38. Col William T. Whisner, USAF
39. Gen James H. Doolittle, USAF	39. Lt Gen John P. Flynn, USAF
40. Col Neel E. Kearby, USAAF	40. Brig Gen Robin Olds, USAF
41. MajGen Wendell C. Neville, USMC	41. Gen H. Norman Schwarzkopf, USA
42. ADM Jonas H. Ingram, USN	42. PO1 James E. Williams, USN
43. 2d Lt Frank Luke, Jr., USAAS	43. ADM Bernard A. Clarey, USN
44. Sgt Matej Kocak, USMC	44. Col Leo K. Thorsness, USAF
45. Gen Leon W. Johnson, USAF	45. Col Donald J.M. Blakeslee, USAF
46. MG William J. Donovan, USA	46. VADM Lawson P. Ramage, USN
47. CDR Howard W. Gilmore, USN	47. Maj Gen Frederick C. Blesse, USAF
48. LtCol Kenneth A. Walsh, USMC	48. 1stLt Henry L. Hulbert, USMC
49. MG Frank D. Baldwin, USA	49. Gen Lemuel C. Sheperd, Jr., USMC
50. CM John L.M. Cooper, USN	50. Lt Gen Jay T. Robbins, USAF