List of Wesley Clark awards and honors

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wesley Clark in full uniform, which displays his U.S. military awards and honors

The following is a list of awards and honors awarded to Wesley Clark. These include awards and decorations of the United States Army, civilian awards, international honors, and knighthoods.

1 Awards and Honors

[edit] Awards and Honors

[edit] U.S. Military decorations

Each "Oak Leaf Cluster" or "Service Star" denotes an additional bestowal of the same award or in the case of some campaign medals, one campaign star is awarded.

Defense Distinguished Service Medal (with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters)[1]
- For Bosnia service
- Joint Staff, end of tour
- For service at U.S. Southern Command
- For service as Commander of the Kosovo conflict
- For service as Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Distinguished Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)[2]
- 1st Cavalry Division 1994
- Upon retirement 2000
Silver Star Medal[3]
- 1970
Legion of Merit (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters)[4]
- Shape 1979
- D.A. Staff 1983
- MJC 1986
- MJC 1991
Bronze Star Medal (with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster)[5]
- 1969
- 1970
Purple Heart[6]
- 1970
Meritorious Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)[7]
- 1977
- 1985
Army Commendation Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)[8]
- 1969
- 1974
Joint Meritorious Unit Citation[9]
- 2000
National Defense Service Medal (with service star)[10]
Vietnam Service Medal (with 3 service stars)[11]
Kosovo Campaign Medal (with 1 campaign star)
Army Service Ribbon [12]
Overseas Service Ribbon (with numeral 3 device) [13]
Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation
Vietnam Campaign Medal (with 1960 bar) [14]

[15][16]

Combat Infantryman Badge [17]
Parachutist Badge [18]
Ranger Tab [19]
Army Staff Identification Badge [20]
Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge[21]

[edit] Civilian awards

Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2000[22]
White House Fellowship, 1975[23]
Legacy of Leadership Award, 1999[24]
Lady Liberty Award for National Security and World Peace, 2000 [25]
Balkan Peace Award, 2001 [26]
Secretary of State's Open Forum Distinguished Public Service Award, 2001 [27]

[edit] Knighthoods

The United States Constitution prohibits government officials from accepting titles of nobility from foreign governments without Congressional approval, but no such prohibition exists on private citizens. However, the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act gave such approval in certain circumstances, subject to the approval of "the employing agency."[28] The following are inductions into orders that are categorized as orders of knighthood or chivalry, or orders in which knight is the lowest rank:

Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire [29]
Commander of the Legion of Honor (France)[30]
Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Orange-Nassau, with Swords (Netherlands)[31]
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg [32]
The Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (Belgium)[33]
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy [34]

[edit] International honors

Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany [35]
Grand Cross of the Medal of Military Merit (Portugal) [36]
The Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of Republic of Poland (Polish: Order Zaslugi Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej)[37]
Grand Military Service Cross (White Badge) (Spain) [38]
Cross of Merit of the Minister of Defense First Class (Czech Republic) [39]
Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic [40]
Commander's Cross, The Silver Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia;[41]
Madarski Konnik Medal (Bulgaria) [42]
Commemorative Medal of the Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic First Class (Slovakia) [43]
First Class Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (Lithuania);[44]
First Class Order of the Cross of the Eagle (Estonia);[45]
The Skanderbeg Medal (Albania) [46]
Grand Cordon of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite (Morocco) [47]
Order of May of Military Merit (Argentina) [48]
The Grade of Prince Trpimir with Ribbon and Star (Croatia)[49]
Meritorious Service Decoration (Military Division) of Canada [50]
Grand Commander of the Order of Vesthardes Rex (Latvia)[51]