List of awards and nominations received by Wesley Clark
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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.
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[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.
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Defense Distinguished Service Medal (with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters)[1]
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Distinguished Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)[2]
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Silver Star[3]
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Legion of Merit (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters)[4]
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Bronze Star (with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster)[5]
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Purple Heart[6]
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Meritorious Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)[7]
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Army Commendation Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)[8]
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Joint Meritorious Unit Citation[9]
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National Defense Service Medal (with service star)[10] |
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Vietnam Service Medal (with 3 service stars)[11] |
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Kosovo Campaign Medal (with 1 campaign star) |
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Army Service Ribbon[12] |
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Overseas Service Ribbon (with numeral 3 device) [13] |
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Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation |
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Vietnam Campaign Medal (with 1960 bar) [14] |
- Combat Infantryman Badge[16]
- Parachutist Badge[17]
- Ranger Tab[49]
- Army Staff Identification Badge[18]
- Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge [19]
[edit] Civilian awards
- Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2000 [20]
- White House Fellowship, 1975 [21]
- Legacy of Leadership Award, 1999 [22]
- Lady Liberty Award for National Security and World Peace, 2000 [23]
- Balkan Peace Award, 2001 [24]
- Secretary of State's Open Forum Distinguished Public Service Award, 2001 [25]
[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."[26] 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[27]
French Commander of the Legion of Honor [28]
Dutch Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Orange-Nassau, with Swords [29]
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg[30]
Belgian Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold [31]
Grand Officer of the Military Order of Italy [32]
[edit] International honors
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Grand Cross [33]
French National Order of Merit Officer
Portuguese Grand Cross of the Medal of Military Merit [34]
Order of Merit of Republic of Poland Commander's Cross with Star [35]
Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic [36]
Bulgarian Madarski Konnik Medal [37]
Commemorative Medal of the Minister of Defence of the Slovakian Republic First Class [38]
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Grand Cross [39][40]
Estonian Order of the Cross of the Eagle First Class ;[41]
Moroccan Grand Cordon of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite [42]
Argentinian Order of May of Military Merit [43]
Canadian Meritorious Service Decoration[44]
Cross of Merit of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic First Class [45]- Latvian Order of Vesthardes Rex Grand Commander [46]
- Spanish Grand Military Service Cross [47]
- Silver Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia Commander's Cross;[48]
- Albanian Skanderbeg Medal [49]
- Croatian Order of Duke Trpimir with Ribbon and Star [50]
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