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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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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.
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 four 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 three oak leaf clusters) [4]
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 | Bronze Star (with one 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] |
 | Vietnam Service Medal (with three service stars) [11] |
 | Kosovo Campaign Medal (with one campaign star) |
 | Army Service Ribbon [12] |
  | Overseas Service Ribbon (with award numeral 3) [13] |
 Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2000 [19] |
| White House Fellowship, 1975 [20] |
| Legacy of Leadership Award, 1999 [21] |
| Lady Liberty Award for National Security and World Peace, 2000 [22] |
| Balkan Peace Award, 2001 [23] |
| Secretary of State's Open Forum Distinguished Public Service Award, 2001 [24] |
| Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award, 2013 [25] |
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:
 | Canadian Meritorious Service Cross (Military version) [45] |
 | Bulgarian Madarski Konnik Medal [46] |
 | Cross of Merit of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic First Class [47] |
 | Commemorative Medal of the Minister of Defence of the Slovakian Republic First Class [48] |
 | Spanish Military White Grand Cross [49] |
 | Croatian Order of Duke Trpimir with Ribbon and Star [50] |
 | Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation |
 | Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation |
 | Vietnam Campaign Medal [51] [52] [53] |
The Iron Cross was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945). The design, a black cross pattée with a white or silver outline, was derived from the insignia of the medieval Teutonic Order and borne by its knights from the 13th century. As well as being a military medal, it has also been used as an emblem by the Prussian Army, the Imperial German Army, and the Reichswehr of the German Republic, while the Balkenkreuz variant was used by the Wehrmacht. The Iron Cross is now the emblem of the Bundeswehr, the modern German armed forces.
An oak leaf cluster is a ribbon device to denote preceding decorations and awards consisting of a miniature bronze or silver twig of four oak leaves with three acorns on the stem. It is authorized by the United States Armed Forces for a specific set of decorations and awards of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, and Department of the Air Force.
General Larry D. Welch is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who served as the 12th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. As Chief of Staff, he served as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization, training and equipping of a combined active duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian force serving at locations in the United States and overseas. As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he and the other service chiefs functioned as the principal military advisers to the Secretary of Defense, National Security Council and the President. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Nuclear Weapon Surety Task Force for the Defense Science Board.
Lieutenant General William James Lennox Jr. of Houston, Texas, was the 56th Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York from 2001 to 2006.
Bradley Clark Hosmer is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force (USAF). He served as the twelfth Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado from 1991 to 1994. He was the first Academy graduate to return as superintendent.
Randall Mark Schmidt was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force.
John Rives Dallager is a retired United States Air Force major general. He served as the fifteenth Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy from 2000 to 2003. He resigned the position in the wake of the sexual assault scandal at the academy and was demoted from the rank of lieutenant general to major general upon his retirement.
Lieutenant General Franklin Lee Hagenbeck is a retired United States Army officer who served as the 57th Superintendent of the United States Military Academy from June 2006 to July 2010. Previous to his assignment at West Point, he was the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1 United States Army, Washington, D.C.
Lieutenant General Robert T. Clark is a retired United States Army officer.
Robert Harry Doherty Rogers was a Chief of the South African Air Force. He joined the South African Air Force (SAAF) in 1940, and served in the Second World War and the Korean War. He subsequently rose through the ranks to become Chief of the SAAF. After his military career he entered politics and served as a Member of Parliament.
Paul John Kern is a retired United States Army general and businessman. He served as Commanding General of the United States Army Materiel Command from October 2001 to November 2004. He became President and Chief Operating Officer of AM General LLC on August 1, 2008.
Richard Horner Thompson was a United States Army general.
General William Rowland Richardson is a retired United States Army four-star general and former commander of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command.
Frederick Frank Woerner Jr. was a four-star general of the United States Army, Commander-in-Chief of United States Southern Command, Chairman of the American Battle Monuments Commission, and professor at Boston University.
Jonathan Robert Cavaiani was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Vietnam War.
John Harold Tilelli Jr. is a retired United States Army four-star general who served as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1994 to 1995; Commanding General, United States Army Forces Command from 1995 to 1996; and Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/United States Combined Forces Command/Commander, United States Forces Korea from 1996 to 1999. He retired from the United States Army on January 31, 2000, and later worked for the USO and The Aerospace Corporation.
Ronald Houston Griffith was an American general in the United States Army who served as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army (VCSA) from 1995 to 1997. He was born in Lafayette, Georgia.
James Benjamin Peake was the sixth United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, serving from 2007 to 2009. In 2004, he retired from a 38-year United States Army career. He also served as the 40th Surgeon General of the United States Army.
Sidney Bryan Berry was a United States Army Lieutenant General, Superintendent of West Point (1974–1977), and Commissioner of Public Safety for the state of Mississippi (1980–1984).
Llewellyn Morris Chilson was a United States Army master sergeant and one of the most decorated American soldiers of World War II. He received twelve individual decorations for combat from the U.S. Army including seven decorations for valor. After the war, the President of the United States personally decorated Chilson with seven decorations including three Distinguished Services Crosses for extraordinary heroism in Germany.
