Talk:Silver Star
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I added Lydon Johnson to the list of famous recipients. He was often seen wearing a Silver Star ribbon-badge. -unsign anon user —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 130.54.130.67 (talk • contribs). on 16:15, January 20, 2005
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[edit] Front picture
I see we have some folks who wish to remove the picture at the top of the article and replace it with an actual photograph. I see nothing wrong with the intro picture and see no cause for its removal. The second picture is nice, and is posted lower down in the article. I just dont think it should be used as the top picture since it has a stick pin and the fabric of the medal in the photograph is somewhat rough and wrinkled. The top picture, provided by the U.S. Army, is smooth and too the point. -Husnock 15:26, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
Autie F. Kelley was and perhaps still is a very quite person who showed the same fear we all have in combat. However, the fear left him when it was time to do his duty. I wish I had kept track of him after he left the service. Perhaps, he blended in among the others who were scorned for doing their duty to their country...Lt. Thomas Cooper —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Autie (talk • contribs). on 11:03, April 17, 2006
[edit] Autie F. Kelly
The information below was added by User:Autie on 12:34, April 16, 2006. As an entry on a single recipient, it is not appropriate for the main article, though may (with sourcing) merit an article. However, it may have issues with WP:AUTO. Will be communicating with contributor on appropriateness of entry as an article and sourcing. —ERcheck @ 14:09, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Specialist Five Autie F. Kelley, First Medic assigned to the 2/7/Company B, 1st Air Calvaly Division, on December 29, 1968 was engaged in a night battle in the Ashau Valley about 2 kilometers from the DMZ. During the firefight, Specialist Kelley distinguished himself by rescuing 1st Lt. Thomas Cooper who was severly wounded. With communication to headquarters lost due to radios distroyed, Specialist Kelley advanced to a radio to provide airstrikes on the NVA position. While advancing to the position, Specialist Kelley was wounded twice by machine gun and scrapnel. Even though severly wounded, Specialist Kelley provided the much needed coordinates for the air-strike, thus saving numerous lives of the company. Thus, I recommend Specialist Kelley for the Silver Star. The Silver Star and Purple Heart was awarded to Specialist Kelley on April 23, 1969 in Phouc Vinghn, Vietnam. Sincerely, Lt. Thomas Cooper Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Autie"
Note has been placed on contributer's talk page. —ERcheck @ 21:54, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
John Kerry link was removed and replaced by [[Autie F. Kelley]] redlink. Note that the section of notable recipients is intended to contain only those who already have an article - as per comments in the section. In addition, the material with biographical information about one individual recipient — Autie F. Kelley — is out of keeping with the article. --> reverted to previous version by Husnock —ERcheck @ 11:26, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Chris Dean
I saw than an anon added Chris Dean to the list, which as of this writing is a red link. I did some googling and found this, this and this on Lt. Dean. I am not sure what our standards of notablity are, but if every recipient of the award, all of them heroes, got a mention this article, it would make this article huge. --rogerd 16:34, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
- It would be a huge article if we actively added every recipient. However, if we only passively allowed any awardee to be added, then the article would be ever-growing but not overly huge. There has to be a better option then taking down someone;s name after someone adds it and telling them that they may be a hero but not "notable." Perhaps there could be another list of names not titled "notable" but just "awardees." Such a listing would not primarily for information purposes, but Wikipedia can tolerate some very limited secondary purposes. Mainly this would just be a middle-ground to avoid having to risk insulting heros while trying to provide information about them. (Atfyfe 21:14, 22 June 2006 (UTC))
[edit] Peter Tsouprake
Peter Tsouprake (currently a red link) was added by an anon user in this edit. Col.[1] Tsouprake appears to have been awarded the Air Force Cross, but the Silver Star isn't easily verifiable. Remove this entry or leave it as a red link? -- Jim Douglas 21:32, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Order of Precedence - different branches
U.S. Army (Pentagon.mil)
USMC and USN (Navy.mil)
- Medal of Honor
- Navy Cross
- Defense Distinguished Service Medal
- Distinguished Service Medal
- Silver Star
- Defense Superior Service Medal
- Legion of Merit
USAF (AirForce.mil)
- Medal of Honor
- Air Force Cross
- Defense Distinguished Service Medal
- Distinguished Service Medal
- Silver Star
- Defense Superior Service Medal
- Legion of Merit
Note that while the Army site does not distinguish the Defense Distinguished Service Medal from the Army Distinguished Service Medal, the DDSM takes precedence. Therefore, the Silver Star is the 5th highest U.S. medal. — ERcheck (talk) 01:54, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
