Tag Archives: Silver Star

Lt. Jeffrey Scharver, USMC

Lt. Jeffrey Scharver, USMC (1958-1983) Marine Corps helicopter pilot Jeffrey Scharver was killed in action in Grenada on October 25, 1983. His Cobra was shot down during a rescue of fellow wounded Marine pilots. Scharver, an ROTC graduate of Ohio State University, was posthumously awarded the Silver Star. At OSU, an ROTC classroom has since […]

November 19, 20222022, RIAHOF Inductee, Special Recognition Award, US Marine CorpsGrenada, KIA, Silver Star

LTCOL Herbert “Herb” Woodcock, USAF (Ret.)

LTCOL Herbert “Herb” Woodcock, USAF (Ret.) (1928-2023) joined the Air Force and was commissioned as a navigator. He deployed to Okinawa during the Korean War; his units supported B-29 bombing missions. In January 1954 he survived a jet crash into the South China Sea. In Vietnam he was assigned to the 12th Air Commando Squadron, […]

November 22, 20252025, Korea, RIAHOF Inductee, US Air Force, VietnamDFC, Silver Star, Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry

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