Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
1
Year
1967
Recipient(s)
Robert P Connelly (P)
Lisle
State/Province
Illinois
2
1968
William Weatherall
Batavia
New York
3
1968
Walter Stormant
Weirsdale
Florida
4
1968
William Brown
Steamwood
Illinois
5
6
7
8
1968
1968
1968
1968
John Crowe Jr
Willima Husko
Gilbert Binder
Willis R Snyder
Worth
Chicago
Chicago
Shelby
Illinois
Illinois
Illinois
Ohio
9
10
1968
1969
George W Albrecht
Martha Lorenz Kramer
Chicago Heights
Louisville
Illinois
Kentucky
11
1969
Thomas E Kent
Burlington
Iowa
12
1969
Sgt Lee Marks USMC
Montclair
California
13
1969
Johnny R Blake
Flint
Michigan
14
1969
Steve A Kincaid
Elgin
Illinois
15
1969
Donald Doyle
Prince George
BC, Canada
16
1970
William Foerster (P)
Holland
Michigan
17
1970
James Peets (P)
Greenville
Mississippi
18
1970
Clarence H Squaire (P)
Toledo
Ohio
19
1970
Steward Morrill
Great Falls
Montana
20
1970
Michael Bacon
Raytown
Missouri
21
1970
Dr William N Cannister
Sewickley
Pennsylvania
22
23
1970
1970
Harriette O'Neil Hanvey
Gary Eugene O'Neal
Charleston
Orlando
South Carolina
Florida
24
1970
Leonard Potts
Dallas
Georgia
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City
1
Circumstances
Gave his life in an attempt to rescue a
paraplegic woman at a railroad
crossing.
Rescued a student from the path of an
oncoming truck at a school crossing.
Rescued six people from a burning
house.
Rescued a woman and her two
children from a car sinking through
the ice on a river.
Rescued two small boys from a motor
boat that exploded into flames.
Saved an elderly man from drowning.
Saved a youngster from the path of
an oncoming train.
Pulled a victim off of a broken highvoltage power line.
Rescued people from a car sinking
into a river.
Saved a man trapped in a car
submerged in a river.
Saved the life of a boy battling the
swift current of a river.
Saved a man from electrocution by a
4,160-volt fuse.
Gave his life attempting to save a boy
from drowning.
Gave his life attempting to save two
drowning girls.
Gave his life to save the life of a
woman during a robbery.
Rescued the pilot of a downed and
burning plane.
Saved the life of girl caught in the
propeller of a plane which was out of
control on the ground.
Saved two youngsters from a burning
house.
Saved a young boy from drowning.
Rescued a mother and children from
a ruffian attacking them.
Saved a young boy from an earthmoving machine.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
25
Year
1970
Recipient(s)
Mike Croman
City
Los Molinois
State/Province
California
26
1971
Charles D “Danny”
Goetz (P)
Worth
Illinois
27
1971
Donald Ray
Higginbotham (P)
Osceola
Arkansas
28
1971
Thomas J Barry
Broad Channel
New York
29
30
31
1971
1971
1971
Horace Farr
John Clarke
Walter J Johnson
Clark
New Jersey
32
1971
Jay Dawson
Arvada
Colorado
33
1971
Earl Butts
Dryden
New York
34
1971
Thomas F Kerby Jr (P)
Denver
Colorado
35
1972
Myrl Greiman
Belleville
Illinois
36
1972
Donald Fritts
Chatham
New Jersey
37
1972
Donald Pettijohn
Lakewood
California
38
1972
Malcolm C Popp (P)
Bowie
Maryland
39
1972
Robert L Wood DDS
Elk City
Oklahoma
40
1972
Dennis Ray Horney
Banner Elk
North Carolina
41
1973
Douglas Lindberg (P)
Palatine
Illinois
42
1974
G Gould Smith Jr
Lebanon
Tennessee
43
1974
Cleveland Sawyers
Quincy
Illinois
44
1974
Joseph Ingram
Jackson
Georgia
45
1974
Antonio B Rodriguez
Tucson
Arizona
46
1975
Patricia A Smith
Rome
New York
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2
Circumstances
Rescued two women from an
overturned car in a flooded creek.
Gave his life attempting to save the
life of his companion after he had
already helped another person.
Gave his life attempting to save a girl
from drowning after helping to rescue
another girl.
Pulled a woman from a burning car
that subsequently exploded.
Rescued a child who had fallen
through the ice in a lake.
Rescued a man from a swiftly
flowing creek.
Rescued seven people from drowning
in an overturned submerged car.
Gave his life to rescue a woman from
attack by four men.
Rescued an injured girl from
drowning.
Rescued two people in a submerged
car from drowning.
Extricated a woman from a burning
car.
Gave his life in an attempt to save a
young boy from drowning.
Attempted to rescue three people and
saved the life of one.
Rescued a pilot from a burning
crashed aircraft.
Gave his life attempting to save a boy
and girl who were drowning.
Saved a college student from an
armed rapist and captured an
assailant for the police, sustaining
injuries in the process.
Saved three people from a burning
house.
Saved a little girl from a burning
aircraft.
Saved an 18-month-old child from a
fire.
Saved two young men from
drowning.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
47
Year
1975
Recipient(s)
Larry Duckett (P)
City
Columbia
State/Province
Louisiana
48
1975
Leonard J Bauer
Western Springs
Illinois
49
1975
Jerome A Bailey (P)
Booneville
Indiana
50
1975
Martin Kaufman
Detroit
Michigan
51
1975
Rev Jack Dicken Jr
Tucson
Arizona
52
1975
Beverly Lund
Boulder
Colorado
53
1975
Ray Neville Johnson
Kingston
Jamaica
54
1975
Gary Kellogg
Lake Havasu City
Arizona
55
1975
Glenn Goss (P)
Tremonton
Utah
56
1976
Tim Farmer
Los Alamos
New Mexico
57
58
1976
1976
George Tanoian
Marvin Kirk
Salem
Westerville
New Hampshire
Ohio
59
60
1976
1976
Mike Back
Harold Goss
Columbus
Brewer
Ohio
Maine
61
1976
Anitra Collins (P)
El Paso
Texas
62
1976
Sgt Angel Valentin (P)
Fort Campbell
Kentucky
63
1976
James Rombokas
Trinity
Alabama
64
65
1976
1976
Gary Lynn Whitlow
Charles Mark Byrd (P)
Trinity
Nashville
Alabama
Tennessee
66
1976
David O Clark
Pendacola
Florida
67
1976
Tony Rista
Westlake Village
California
68
1976
Howard L Fox
Kingston
New York
69
1976
David Kozol
Reseda
California
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Circumstances
Gave his life to save the life of a
tugboat captain who was overcome
by toxic fumes.
Saved an elderly woman from being
struck by a speeding train.
Gave his life to save a 4-year-old boy
from drowning in a car that was
sinking in a lake.
Pulled two men from a burning
vehicle.
Dragged a woman from a stalled car
on a railroad crossing in face of an
oncoming train.
Saved a 9-year-old boy from
drowning in an ice-covered lake.
Rescued a crippled man from a
burning building.
Rescued three children from a
burning house.
Gave his life aiding a highway
patrolman who was in trouble.
Saved a pilot from burning to death
in an airplane accident.
Saved two people from drowning.
Saved two sleeping people from a
burning house.
Pulled a young woman from her car
submerged in a flooding river.
Gave her life trying to prevent a
suicide attempt.
Gave his life attempting to save three
children from drowning.
Pulled a woman from a car sinking in
a river.
Gave his life trying to aid an assault
victim.
Rescued a woman from an armed
rapist.
Rescued a woman trapped inside a
car submerged in a river.
Saved a woman who was trapped in a
burning building.
Rescued a couple who was trapped in
a burning car.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
70
Year
1976
Recipient(s)
Donald Wayne Finch
City
Louisburg
State/Province
North Carolina
71
1976
Russ Ewing
Chicago
Illinois
72
1976
Theodore Balentine
Chicago
Illinois
73
1976
William H Painter
Meade
Kansas
74
75
1976
1976
Jack Painter
Mark Cooper
Meade
Knoxville
Kansas
Tennessee
76
1977
Mickey Kelly
Fort Pierce
Florida
77
1977
George Denti
Fort Pierce
Florida
78
1977
Patrick McCroan
Fort Pierce
Florida
79
1977
Justin E Taufer (P)
Salt Lake City
Utah
80
1977
William T Scott IV
Griffin
Georgia
81
82
1977
1977
Bryan S Belcher
Charles R Haseltine MD
Orlando
Ann Arbor
Florida
Michigan
83
1977
Russell Rutt
Ann Arbor
Michigan
84
1977
Patrick C Bennison
Albany
New York
85
1978
Richard Rothchild
Upland
California
86
1978
Louis Poisinello Jr
Rensselaer
New York
87
1978
Kenneth Leibee
Catlettsburg
Kentucky
88
1978
Waldo "Bo" Moberly
Great Falls
Montana
89
1978
Robert R Tuttle
Carson City
Nevada
90
1978
Fred Gaiser
Parsons
Kansas
91
1978
Frank Dohrmann (P)
Louisville
Kentucky
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4
Circumstances
Saved the lives of six people trapped
in an overturned car in a frozen
creek.
Talked two armed bandits into
surrendering who were holding two
women hostage.
Pulled a man to safety who had fallen
onto the tracks in front of an
oncoming train.
Saved a man who was unconscious
and surrounded by a prairie fire.
Pulled a 5-year-old child to safety
from the path of an oncoming car.
Rescued a man who was trapped in a
burning car.
Rescued a man who was trapped in a
burning car.
Rescued a man who was trapped in a
burning car.
Gave his life attempting to rescue a
young woman from a would-be
rapist.
Rescued a man from a burning
apartment building.
Rescued two men from a burning car.
Was shot and disabled in an attempt
to help a wounded boy.
Rescued a woman from a burning
building.
Rescued a woman from a burning
car.
Attempted to rescue five passengers
in a burning car crash.
Saved a man who had fallen through
thin ice into a pond.
Entered the smoke- and fire-filled
house of his neighbor to rescue him.
Forced entry into his neighbor's
burning house and carried out the
semi-conscious occupant.
Rescued a boy who was caught in
high-voltage power lines.
Rescued a man from a 440-volt
electrical charge.
Gave his life to save a child from the
path of an oncoming car.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
92
93
94
Year
1978
1978
1979
95
96
97
1979
1979
1979
Recipient(s)
Fred Will DeMier
Valentine Campbell
Gordon Foster Beaumont
(P)
Thomas McKinney
Larry Langford
Otis Nolf
98
1979
99
100
Tulsa
Ottawa
Kalamazoo
State/Province
Oklahoma
Ontario
Michigan
Walnut
Chicago
Vermillion
California
Illinois
Ohio
Charles Randolph
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
1979
1979
Karen Mills
Cheryl Harless
Oklahoma City
South Point
Oklahoma
Ohio
101
1979
Dwight Stone
Trenton
Ohio
102
1979
Luis Maunupau
San Francisco
California
103
1979
Ernesto Martinez
Phoenix
Arizona
104
1980
Edward Wilhelm (P)
Canfield
Ohio
105
1980
Albert R Heidemann
Fremont
Nebraska
106
1980
Edward M Adler (P)
Howard Beach
New York
107
1980
Howard Hanson
Westmorland
Jamaica
108
1980
Michael Adamic
Redford Heights
Michigan
109
1980
David Ebsen
Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin
110
1980
Roger Hagle
Clarksville
Tennessee
111
112
1980
1981
Donald M Goodwillie Jr
Kenneth A Truitt
South Haven
Daingerfield
Michigan
Texas
113
114
115
116
1981
1981
1981
1981
James Y McDaniel
Gene Gandy
Chris Hall
Jim Plummer Jr
Daingerfield
Daingerfield
Daingerfield
Jackson
Texas
Texas
Texas
Ohio
117
1981
Wayne A Woodard
Joplin
Missouri
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City
5
Circumstances
Rescued a trucker from a burning rig.
Pulled two men from a burning car.
Gave his life in an attempt to prevent
the abduction of a woman.
Pulled two girls from a burning car.
Rescued two men from flaming car.
Used his tractor-trailer to shield
oncoming traffic from a runaway car.
Left the safety of a crashed plane to
go into the wilderness to seek rescue
for his fellow passengers.
Rescued a young boy from drowning
who had fallen off of a raft.
Pulled a young boy out from under
ice in a canal where he had fallen.
Rescued a sailor whose boat had
capsized during a severe Pacific
storm.
Rescued a blind person and crippled
person from a burning house.
Gave his life attempting to save a
drowning girl.
Pulled a semi-conscious boy from a
burning truck moments before the
truck exploded.
Gave his life attempting to save a
nurse from being raped.
Saved the life of a young girl who
was drowning.
Pulled a 3-year-old child from a
burning garage to safety.
Despite personal health problems,
rescued a young boy from drowning.
Saved two small children from
burning to death.
Saved four men from drowning.
Subdued an armed gunman
terrorizing a church congregation;
three of the four died.
Same as above.
Same as above.
Same as above.
Rescued an 82-year-old neighbor
from a burning house.
Pulled a neighbor from a burning car.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
118
Year
1981
Recipient(s)
C Ed Lance
Lyons
State/Province
Kansas
119
1981
Allen Hunsucker
Conover
North Carolina
120
1981
Sgt Peter Stankiewicz
Germantown
Maryland
121
1981
Robert Spivak
Peekskill
New York
122
123
1981
1981
Thomas Yuskus
William Plumly
Glenwood
Barnesville
Illinois
Ohio
124
1981
Martin L Skutnik
Lorton
Virginia
125
1981
Rodney Arnold (P)
Detroit
Michigan
126
127
1981
1981
Curtis Arnold (P)
Harvel F Sikes (P)
Detroit
Dulaney
Michigan
Louisiana
128
1981
Roy James Carpenter Jr
Pinckney
Michigan
129
1981
Rick Mahoney
Des Plaines
Illinois
130
1981
Craig Jarrett
Kansas City
Kansas
131
132
1981
1982
Bobby A Marlowe Jr
Shannon Humphrey
Asheville
Independence
North Carolina
Missouri
133
1982
Kurt Gregory Hershiser
St. Clair Shores
Michigan
134
135
1982
1982
John Freund
Robert Frost
East Sandwich
Eagleville
Massachusetts
Tennessee
136
1982
Dr James Taren
Whitmore Lake
Michigan
137
138
1982
1982
Timothy Fleming
George L Winkleman
Lake Delta
Indianapolis
New York
Indiana
139
1982
David Rodriguez
Clarksville
Tennessee
140
1982
Derek Amos
Welwyn
England
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City
6
Circumstances
Rescued a small boy from a burning
car.
Rescued a man who had fallen from a
40-foot waterfall.
Rescued a trapped truck driver from
his rig that was submerged in water.
Rescued a man from a building that
was about to explode.
Rescued a small boy from drowning.
Rescued two boys from an electric
tower where they were burned.
Rescued a woman from drowning
after an airplane crash.
Gave his life trying to rescue a boy
from a van that rolled into a river.
Gave his life attempting to save the
life of a man in an electrical accident.
Saved two people from a burning
boat.
Saved a 2-year-old child from being
run over by a train.
Saved a woman from a burning
house.
Rescued two men from burning cars.
Rescued a man trapped under an
overturned riding lawnmower that he
had been operating.
Saved a victim from attempted
murder.
Saved two men from drowning.
Rescued an infant trapped in a
burning apartment despite being
confined to a wheelchair.
Saved the life of a 3-year-old girl in a
burning car.
Saved the life of a neighbor in a fire.
Rescued a fellow trucker trapped in a
burning rig.
Pulled a disabled elderly woman
from her burning home while he was
dressed in a highly flammable Santa
Claus suit.
Saved the lives of two people trapped
in a submerged car.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
141
Year
1983
Recipient(s)
Mark Olson (P)
City
East Denver
State/Province
Colorado
142
143
1983
1983
Brian Pakka (P)
Kenneth E Sherman
East Denver
Washington
Colorado
DC
144
1983
Melvin Torrace
Monroe
North Carolina
145
1983
Silvester Haberfellner
Innsbruck
Austria
146
1983
Richard Regula
Cedar Lake
Indiana
147
1983
Chris Castle (P)
Lansing
Michigan
148
1983
Jim Morris
Eagle Point
Oregon
149
1983
Bonnie Wilson
Peach Springs
Arizona
150
1983
Don Wilson
Peach Springs
Arizona
151
1983
Kevin Washington (P)
Petersburg
Illinois
152
1983
Joe Delaney (P)
Haughton
Louisiana
153
1983
Steven F Luken
Groveland
Massachusetts
154
1983
Todd Augustson
East Bridgewater
Massachusetts
155
1983
Shane Michael
Joplin
Missouri
156
1983
Joseph G Schuller
Bismarck
North Dakota
157
1983
Arland Williams (P)
Mattoon
Illinois
158
1984
John H Ayer
Miami
Florida
159
1984
Michael Jannetty Jr
Waterbury
Connecticut
160
1984
Scott Bene
Aloha
Oregon
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Circumstances
Gave his life to save the life of a
woman who had succumbed to toxic
fumes.
Rescued an elderly woman in the
path of an oncoming subway train.
Saved the lives of an invalid woman
and 8-month-old child in a burning
house.
Saved the life of a young boy from
drowning.
Saved the lives of two girls who had
fallen through the ice on a pond.
Gave his life while breaking up a
robbery.
Saved the life of a 53-year-old man in
a burning vehicle.
Saved a highway patrolman from a
burning car.
Saved a highway patrolman from a
burning car.
Saved a 6-year-old boy from
drowning.
Lost his life attempting to save the
lives of three children, one of whom
was saved.
Saved the life of a woman in a
burning car.
After several attempts, saved a
woman from her submerged car.
Saved a 2-year-old child from
drowning by pulling him from a car
that was sinking into a lake.
Saved one adult and three children
from drowning.
Lost his life giving up chance of
being rescued five different times
from icy waters of the Potomac after
a plane crash .
Rescued a young woman from a mob
of hoodlums and was injured in the
process.
Rescued a woman from a burning car
moments before it exploded.
Saved a mentally retarded child from
an oncoming train.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
161
Year
1984
Recipient(s)
Porter Watson
162
1984
Malcolm Ming
St. George
Bermuda
163
1984
David Torbeck
Richmond
Indiana
164
1984
Bryan Jarrand
Wellsville
Ohio
165
1984
Arthur Naltner
Edgewood
Kentucky
166
167
1984
1984
Stephen Fikes
Jim Farrell
Kerrville
Orlando
Texas
Florida
168
1984
Ulyssee Aikens
Evanston
Illinois
169
1984
Dennis Oates
Alabaster
Michigan
170
1984
Ramie Cathryn Finn (P)
Grand Rapids
Michigan
171
172
1984
1984
Brian Sims
Rick Guyton
Ontario
Xenia
Canada
Ohio
173
1984
Thomas James Sloan (P)
Garden City
Michigan
174
1984
Patricia Markor
Park City
Illinois
175
1984
Henry Abellar
Downers Grove
Illinois
176
1984
Brian Robert Denny
Manhattan Beach
California
177
1984
Jon Fagerlie
Redmond
Washington
178
1983
Bobby Lee Robinson
LeGrange
Georgia
179
1983
Donald Horner
Washington
Pennsylvania
180
1983
Bob Shaw
Dallas
Texas
181
1984
Paul D Simoneau
Laconia
New Hampshire
182
1984
Dean Holmes
Ft Madison
Iowa
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City
State/Province
8
Circumstances
Risked his life to save a youth from
drowning in ocean water.
Rescued a drifting 65-foot trawler
with several persons aboard.
Saved a woman and two daughters
from drowning in Florida.
13-year-old Bryan rescued an 8-yearold non-swimmer boy from
drowning.
Ran his car into a runaway car to stop
it on Interstate 75.
Saved a woman from a sunken car.
Saved a man from carbon monoxide
suffocation whose car was hanging
from a bridge.
Rescued a 6-year-old boy from a
burning car.
Saved a drowning friend who was
knocked overboard by a large wave.
Lost her life in the attempt to save the
life of a schoolmate on a stalled bus
that was hit by a train.
Pulled a man from a burning car.
Pulled a crippled man from a burning
house.
Lost his life while saving the life of a
drowning boy.
Saved a woman from an apparent
suicide by pulling her from the path
of an onrushing train.
Pushed three children from the path
of an onrushing car.
Chased down an armed robbery
suspect who was shooting at him and
others.
Saved an 11-year-old girl from
drowning.
Rescued an elderly neighbor from a
house fire.
Saved a 6-year-old boy from
drowning in a storm sewer.
Saved a 9-year-old boy from
drowning in a storm-swollen creek.
Pulled a victim from a submerged car
and administered CPR.
Saved a 1-year-old child from a
burning house and administered CPR.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
183
Year
1984
Recipient(s)
Kenneth T Mann
City
West Palm Beach
State/Province
Florida
184
1984
David J Grenon
Massena
New York
185
1984
Gerald A Grenon Jr
Massena
New York
186
1984
Jack Laufer
Springfield
Pennsylvania
187
1985
Dewayne F Bible (P)
Indianapolis
Indiana
188
1985
Joy Belamy
Houston
Texas
189
1986
Michel Monette
Blind River
Ontario
190
1986
Richard W Welch
Shreveport
Louisiana
191
1986
Steven Dieterle
Strathmore
California
192
1986
Darlene Y Williams
193
1986
Gregory C Delzer
Lead
South Dakota
194
1984
Rachel B Snyder (P)
Pontiac
Michigan
195
1986
RaNelle Wallace
Bakersfield
California
196
1986
Trevis Reuther
Udall
Kansas
197
1986
Nicholas Provost
Spokane
Washington
198
1985
Ernest Krueger
Spokane
Washington
199
1985
Emma Hinojos Amaro
Clint
Texas
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9
Circumstances
Stopped an assault on a woman and
was shot in the attempt.
Waded into icy water to help save an
80-year-old lady from drowning who
had driven into the river.
Waded into icy water to help save an
80-year-old lady from drowning who
had driven into the river.
Disarmed a woman who was shooting
people in a shopping mall; two died
and eight were wounded.
Lost his life as a result of an armed
robbery at his place of work after
persuading the assailants to take him
as hostage instead of one of the
female workers who were locked in
the meat freezer.
Rescued a police officer from being
killed by assailants.
Rescued a drowning man from icy
waters.
Rescued a 69-year-old lady from
jumping off a bridge and committing
suicide.
Rescued two children from a burning
car.
Reentered a burning building to
rescue several individuals.
Saved three students from the path of
a drunk driver and was seriously
injured.
Saved three children from drowning
and lost her own life.
Rescued a family from a burning
house while she was recovering from
severe burns suffered in a plane
crash.
Rescued students and a bus driver
from a bus submerged in a river.
Rescued a 2-year-old from two
collided cars in flames by cutting the
straps of her infant car seat.
Rescued a 2-year-old from two
collided cars in flames by cutting the
straps of her infant car seat.
Rescued a teenage girl from suicide
when she dove into a canal to drown.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
200
Year
1987
Recipient(s)
Gregory Patton
Robertson
Phoenix
State/Province
Arizona
201
1987
Bob Washam
Stuart
Florida
202
203
1986
1986
Stuart
Hermitage
Florida
Pennsylvania
204
1986
Doug Bent
Stanley David Kostka
(P)
Janie Tavener
Traverse City
Michigan
205
206
207
1987
1987
1987
Diana Learned
Richard Wahkevich
Robert B Grubbs
Traverse City
Sault St. Marie
Newnan
Michigan
Michigan
Georgia
208
1987
Mark Raz (P)
Portland
Oregon
209
1987
Danny Ray Heaton
Tacoma
Washington
210
1987
Connie Gries
Evansville
Indiana
211
212
1987
1987
Bruce Dobbs
Darren Larson
Fairfax Station
Arlington
Virginia
South Dakota
213
1987
Travis Steffensen
Arlington
South Dakota
214
1987
Mark Litzenberger
Tacoma
Washington
215
1987
Robert Lee Carter
Milton
Delaware
216
1988
Jon Richardville
Claymont
Delaware
217
218
219
220
1988
1988
1988
1988
Jim Loving
Clyde R McDaniel
Alan McDaniel
Gene Makarevich
Bakersfield
Waldron
Waldron
Wheaton
California
Indiana
Indiana
Illinois
221
1988
Donald F Peek
Pensacola
Florida
222
1988
Donald F Covert
Saugerites
New York
223
1988
Anthony Falzo
Alexandria
Virginia
224
1989
Jeff Miller
Eugene
Oregon
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
City
10
Circumstances
Saved two skydivers when they
collided and one was knocked
unconscious; he pulled the
parachute’s emergency cord.
Saved two people from a car that was
overturned in a river.
Saved two youngsters in a tornado
and lost his own life.
Attempted to rescue a drowning
victim.
Rescued victim from drowning.
Saved three children and a mother
from a burning car.
Lost his life attempting to rescue a
lady from drowning.
Saved an individual from suicide,
sustaining burns over 75 percent of
his body.
Rescued a trapped driver from a
burning truck.
Saved a driver from a submerged car.
Rescued two women from drowning
after losing control of their car.
Rescued two women from drowning
after losing control of their car.
Dived into a river four times to save a
passenger in a car.
Made a rescue attempt to save a
young boy from drowning.
Rescued an 11-month-old baby from
a burning bedroom.
Rescued individuals in a grass fire.
Pulled a woman from a burning car.
Saved an elderly woman from a
submerged car.
Rescued a man from a burning
building.
Rescued a 14-year-old boy from a
burning car.
Saved two brothers from being run
over by a train.
Saved a waitress who had made
contact with 220 volts of electricity.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
225
Year
1989
Recipient(s)
Jerry Anderson (P)
City
Murfreesboro
State/Province
Tennessee
226
1989
Henry S Fernandez
Naples
Florida
227
1989
Clovis Cooper
Cleveland
Ohio
228
1989
John Killean
Lisle
Illinois
229
1989
Don Walker
Lisle
Illinois
230
1989
Robert Bass
231
1989
Joseph Deselle Sr
232
1989
Reginald Prater
233
1989
Thomas Saundera
234
1989
Shawn Bates
Bessemer
235
1990
Milton Braxton
Alexandria
Virginia
236
1990
Daniel Bucklin
Gillette
Wyoming
237
1990
Rudi Burnaman
Pineville
Virginia
238
1990
Arthur A Calek Jr
Riverside
Illinois
239
1990
James Dumont
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
240
1990
Cory Elliott
Gary
Indiana
241
1990
Robert W Haynes
Dothan
Alabama
242
1990
Steven Heck
Dixon
Illinois
243
1990
Darrell Herman
Downers Grove
Illinois
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
11
Circumstances
Lost his life saving a child from
drowning.
Saved a neighbor and three small
children from a burning house.
Saved a man from drowning in the
Cuyahoga River.
Saved an elderly woman in a
submerged car.
Saved an elderly woman in a
submerged car.
Saved a 6-year-old boy from dying in
a fire following an airplane crash.
Carried the operator of a burning
tractor-trailer rig to safety after a
head-on collision with a pickup truck.
Rescued two small children from a
smoke-filled room in a burning
house.
Pulled 17-year-old girl from her
disabled car just before it was
demolished by a train.
Saved 11 of 15 people in three
minutes from a nursing home
engulfed in flames.
Pushed a pregnant lady away from a
runaway car, breaking both his legs.
Rescued a critically injured semiconscious 19-year-old from a burning
car.
Rescued two children trapped in a car
sinking in a nearby river and
administered CPR.
Pulled woman from the tracks of an
oncoming commuter train.
Rescued two young girls from their
parents’ burning house.
Rushed into friend’s house to rescue
two children from flames, suffering
burns over 70 percent of his body.
Cut the seatbelts of two men trapped
in a burning vehicle and pulled them
to safety.
Entered a burning apartment, saved
two children and helped rescue a
third child who was trapped.
Helped the resident of a burning
house escape through a back door.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
244
Year
1990
Recipient(s)
Lt Kevin Lefever
245
1990
246
247
Dothan
State/Province
Alabama
Senator Edward F Reilly
Jr
Leavenworth
Kansas
1990
1990
Rick Schneider
Lisa Rudd
Leavenworth
Tucson
Kansas
Arizona
248
1990
Glen Boatman
Alabama
249
250
1990
1990
Bryant Boykin
Robert Childs
Alabama
Maine
251
252
253
1991
1991
1991
Michael Morgan
Jamie Morgan
Gerald Clarke
Maine
Maine
Massachusetts
254
255
1991
1991
Craig Tanzella
Kenneth Cabiness
Massachusetts
South Carolina
256
1991
Jeff Lawson
Tennessee
257
1991
Raymond F 'Sy' Deane
Massachusetts
258
1991
Mark Edwards
Florida
259
1990
William C Robertson (P)
260
1991
Gamble Rogers (P)
261
1991
Rev Eric Albertson
Alexandria
Virginia
262
1992
Monty Bratcher
Morro Bay
California
263
1992
William E Click
Kingsport
Tennessee
264
265
1992
1992
Robert A Dahl
Steve Deskins
Lake Havasu City
Austintown
Arizona
Ohio
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
City
British Columbia
Canada
Florida
12
Circumstances
Injured by a section of the collapsed
road by flood waters, he managed to
pull a couple out of their car.
Entered a burning house to save a
young man confined to a wheelchair
from the flames and smoke.
Same as above.
Entered a car engulfed in flames to
rescue two young boys who survived.
Rescued three children when the car
they were in rolled into a lake.
Same as above.
Pulled an unconscious pilot and
injured passenger from a burning
Cessna airplane after a crash.
Same as above.
Same as above.
Pulled an accident victim from a
burning car just before it exploded.
Same as above.
Pulled a crippled boy from a car
submerged in a power dam water
canal.
Rescued and saved the life of a
woman in a burning apartment.
Pulled two unconscious teens from
their burning car after they hit a tree.
Ran to aid a woman being attacked
by two fighting dogs.
Gave his life to push a 37-year-old
woman out of the way of a dump
truck turning a corner in town.
Drowned while trying to save the life
of a Canadian visitor who was
swimming at Flagler Beach in the
Atlantic Ocean.
Pulled a man from frigidly cold
waters when he fell through the ice.
Saved a woman confined to a
wheelchair and her housekeeper from
a house fire.
Pulled eight people from a motor
home fire.
Rescued a child from a burning car.
Saved three people from a burning
house.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
266
Year
1992
Recipient(s)
J Chris Delapp
City
Reidsville
State/Province
North Carolina
267
268
1992
1992
Brian Rakestraw
Sgt Matthew Edwards
Reidsville
Monument
North Carolina
Colorado
269
1992
Ian Fruppell
Mooroopna
Australia
270
1992
J Harold Gilbert
Ruston
Louisiana
271
1992
Richard Headington
Escanaba
Michigan
272
1992
Diana Jacobson
Grand Rapids
Michigan
273
1992
Marietta Kobus
Linden
New Jersey
274
1992
Bill La Rosa
Williamstown
New Jersey
275
1992
Mark Richard Leppo
Harford County
Maryland
276
1992
Barbara McAlrath
San Jose
California
277
1992
Robert Marcus Oehling
Dillon
Montana
278
1992
Eric Stokes
Temple
Texas
279
1992
Douglas C Pomorski
Erie
Pennsylvania
280
281
1992
1992
Andres Sawatsky
Ignacio Bill Silva
Fort Garry
Gallup
West Canada
New Mexico
282
1992
Lt Robert Webster
New Albany
Indiana
283
1992
James A Whitley
Atlanta
Georgia
284
1992
Jacinda Amey
Auckland
New Zealand
285
1992
Chris Ericks
Rapid City
South Dakota
286
1992
Lester M Gilliam (P)
Lewistown
New York
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
13
Circumstances
Rescued a woman and three children
from drowning caused by an
undertow.
Same as above.
Carried a little boy away from icy
water near a drainage ditch.
Rescued a mother and daughter from
a burning car.
Saved a 2-year-old boy from
drowning.
Saved three children from a burning
house.
Pulled a drowning woman from icy
waters.
Put out a fire in a woman’s hair, then
pulled her from a wrecked car.
Pulled a boy from icy water when he
fell into a lake that was not yet
frozen.
Pulled a 65-year-old woman from a
submerged car.
Advised a 90-year-old man to leave
his home during the Oakland fires
before his neighborhood was
destroyed.
Rescued a trapped child from a trailer
fire.
Saved four children from a burning
car.
Rescued a woman from icy waters
who was attempting suicide.
Pulled a child from icy waters.
Rescued one of two children from a
mobile home fire.
Assisted in the rescue of a woman
trapped in a burning house.
Went to the defense and aid of a
woman being attacked by a car thief.
Dragged man to safety after having
been attacked by a shark.
Took a gun from a man holding
classmates hostage.
Lost his life after pushing a 10-yearold out of the way of a careening
monster truck during a hot rod and
monster truck show.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
287
Year
1992
288
1993
Recipient(s)
Cpt William Griesmeyer
II
Leonard Holdsworth
289
1993
290
Adak
State/Province
Arkansas
Altoona
Pennsylvania
A J Schick
Indianapolis
Indiana
1993
Jennifer Beyer
Appleton
Wisconsin
291
1993
Stanley Bizek
Alger County
Michigan
292
1993
Michael A Gilbert
South Columbus
Georgia
293
1993
Peter H Karo
Nanaimo
Canada
294
1993
Jean-Luc Moretti
295
1993
Ronald G Schiemann
Redwing
Minnesota
296
1993
Brian Wilson
Springfield
Oregon
297
1993
Jill Bunce (P)
Milan
Michigan
298
1993
Larry J Gradney (P)
Borealis
Arkansas
299
1993
Matthew Axe
St. Mary's
Ohio
300
1993
John C Stubner
Batavia
Illinois
301
1993
James L Wery
Klamath Falls
Oregon
302
1993
Stephen Bailey
Circleville
303
304
305
1993
1993
1994
Luke Fausnaugh
Timothy Pennington
Kevin Blum
Circleville
Circleville
Garden City
New York
306
307
308
309
1994
1994
1994
1994
Mark McEntire
Michael O'Connor
Chusak Prachumjit
PFC Thaddeus Pinenias
(P)
Garden City
Garden City
Batavia
Chicago
New York
New York
Illinois
Illinois
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
City
14
Circumstances
Pulled a 10-year-old from icy waters
when his makeshift raft fell apart.
Saved four children trapped in a
mobile home engulfed in flames.
Rescued a boy from drowning after a
car rolled into a small lake.
Held a boy’s head above water after
he fell through the ice, then waited
for the emergency crew to pull both
of them from the water.
Attempted to save three teens from
drowning.
Saved a neighbor from a burning
house.
Fought waves produced by a ferry
boat while saving five people from
submerged van.
Pulled a trapped man from his car
minutes before it exploded.
Saved a woman from a submerged
car.
Saved a man from the swift current of
a river.
While attempting to help victims of a
car crash, she was struck and killed
by two passing cars.
Lost his life while rescuing a 7-yearold boy who was drowning after his
canoe flipped over.
Saved a 6-year-old from drowning in
the St. Mary’s River.
Attempted to save three young men
from the rushing waters of a dam..
Pulled a suicidal woman from water
after she ran her car into a canal.
Rescued a 5-year-old from a burning
house.
Same as above.
Same as above.
Subdued a gunman after he went on a
shooting spree in a train station.
Same as above.
Same as above.
Pulled a drowning victim to shore.
Was fatally shot when he attempted
to stop a man from beating his wife.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
310
Year
1994
Recipient(s)
Dana Vieceli
Rolla
State/Province
Missouri
311
1994
Jeff Townsend
Peru
Indiana
312
1994
Patrick Cyr
Sanford
Maine
313
1994
Matt Reeves
Grove
Oklahoma
314
315
1994
1994
Lester McMahan
Mark Augustino
Lansing
Stamford
Michigan
Canada
316
317
318
319
1994
1994
1994
1994
Craig Garner
Ray Gionet
William Van Dogen
Jim Atkisson
Stamford
Stamford
Stamford
Fairbanks
Canada
Canada
Canada
Alaska
320
1994
Andrea Watersheid
Wichita
Kansas
321
322
1994
1995
Shane Wheeler
Arthur Arrowood
Wichita
Sanford
Kansas
Florida
323
324
1995
1995
Sandy Emmert
Michael Barrow (P)
Sanford
Omaha
Florida
Nebraska
325
1995
Steven Hines
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
326
1995
Jose Marquez
Tucson
Arizona
327
1995
David Stevens
Muskegon
Michigan
328
1995
John Youse
Tallahassee
Florida
329
1995
Douglass Warnock
Montreal
Canada
330
1995
Dale Dyer
Standish
Maine
331
332
1995
1995
James Johnson
Sean Stamper
Standish
Parlor City
Maine
New York
333
1995
Dan Guerra
Mesa
Arizona
334
1995
Michael Isaacson
Rogers Park
Illinois
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
City
15
Circumstances
Saved a man when his car was
submerged by flood waters.
Saved a mother and daughter from a
trailer fire.
Saved children from drowning when
a van rolled into a river.
Saved a 3-year-old trapped in a
runaway boat.
Saved a blind neighbor from a fire.
Saved a mother and children from the
father's attempt to kill the family.
Same as above.
Same as above.
Same as above.
Rescued a 3-year-old from a burning
house.
Rescued four children from a burning
house.
Same as above.
Pulled a Florida patrol trooper from a
burning car.
Same as above.
Died after saving two boys who fell
through the ice while riding bikes
across a frozen lake.
Saved 12 children and two senior
citizens from a burning mobile home.
Pulled a man and 7-year-old boy
from a burning car.
Pulled an unconscious man who had
suffered a seizure from a river.
Stopped an out-of-control car and
rescued an unconscious woman.
Pulled a mother and two children out
of icy waters.
Rescued a man from drowning after
he fell out of his canoe.
Same as above.
Saved a 5-year-old boy floating facedown in a river.
Saved a 4-month-old boy from a
burning house.
Saved an elderly couple after their
car had careened off the road, ran
through a fence and landed in a pool.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
335
Year
1995
Recipient(s)
Dexter Jordan
Tyler
State/Province
Texas
336
1995
Dan L Torbert
Americus
Georgia
337
1995
Kent Zoellner
St. Louis
Missouri
338
339
340
341
1995
1995
1995
1995
Kevin Zoellner
Mike Langhorst
Brian Stotler
Kirk Billings
St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis
Littleton
Missouri
Missouri
Missouri
Colorado
342
1995
Daniel Duyst (P)
Grand Rapids
Michigan
343
1995
Wesley Reed
Jacksonville
Florida
344
1995
Rev Carl Wesby (P)
Saginaw
Michigan
345
1995
Joseph L McDonald (P)
Mount Pleasant
Michigan
346
1995
Frank Albee Shaw
Deer Lodge
Montana
347
1995
Jason Aleshire
Biloxi
Mississippi
348
1996
Biloxi
Mississippi
349
1996
USAF Maj Charles
LeMay
USMC Capt Kurt Osuch
Linden
New Jersey
350
1996
Earl Snyder
Sarasota Keys
Florida
351
1996
Joey Scavetti
Lansdale
Pennsylvania
352
1996
Jason Diletto
Lansdale
Pennsylvania
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
City
16
Circumstances
After a drunk driver rear-ended a car,
he pulled the unconscious woman
from the car seconds before it
exploded.
Rescued six girls and two parents
from a house which had been
destroyed by flood waters.
Rescued a man who was trapped in
his truck after an accident seconds
before the truck exploded.
Same as above.
Same as above.
Same as above.
Subdued a burly assailant with a fully
loaded rifle after he shot and killed
three innocent people and wounded
another.
Plunged into Spring Lake unaware of
electrified waters.
Dived into Rogue River to pull a lady
from the water, then ran to notify
emergency crews.
Lost his life to save a 9-year-old who
had fallen into the Saginaw River
while fishing.
Threw himself in front of an
oncoming car to push a 3-year-old
out of its path.
Rescued an unconscious helicopter
pilot from a crash and walked four
miles for help.
After surviving an airplane crash, he
helped save passengers, put out fires
and move injured people. He also
extinguished a cockpit fire and pulled
the co-pilot to safety.
Assisted with above rescue of
passengers from an airplane crash.
Pulled two of six people from a
burning car after a head-on collision.
Dragged an unconscious woman from
her burning house.
Evacuated five children from a
burning house.
Same as above.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
353
Year
1996
Recipient(s)
James Liberti
City
Williamsport
State/Province
Pennsylvania
354
1996
Nicholas Cauthen
Oceanside Pacific
California
355
1996
Garry Chavis
Bulington
North Carolina
356
1996
Chris Jacobus
Skowhegan
Maine
357
1996
Fernando Ledesma
West Salem
Oregon
358
1996
Rick Loniecki
Wyandotte
Michigan
359
1996
Dale McKay Sr
Corning
New York
360
1996
Herman Miller
Yakima
Washington
361
1996
Debbie O'Shields
Wilmington
Delaware
362
363
1996
1996
Richard Wallman
Michael Guerrero
Gates-Greece
Alexandria
New York
Virginia
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
17
Circumstances
Assisted the National Guard with
transporting at least a dozen people
from rooftops during the flooding of
the Lycoming and Loyalsock creeks.
After being caught in a rip current off
the beach, Nicholas kept himself and
two others from drowning until
rescue teams arrived.
Rescued an elderly man from a house
engulfed in flames.
Edged his way down a steep incline
to rescue a boy who had fallen 70
feet from a bridge, performed CPR
and stayed with him until emergency
personnel arrived.
A teenager rode his bike off the dock
into swift frigid waters. Fernando saw
a woman jump in to help. He jumped
in and pushed her to shore, but was
unable to save the teenager.
After being alerted by his sister about
a house fire, he approached the
burning house and found an older
man trying to extinguish the flames.
Rick then pulled the man from his
house and stayed with him until
firefighters arrived.
When driving by an elderly woman’s
house, Dale and his son-in-law
noticed smoke pouring out the back.
After breaking down the door, Dale
grabbed the woman’s wheelchair and
dragged it outside. Sadly, the woman
had already died.
Tried unsuccessfully to save an
elderly wheelchair-bound man from
being attacked by two fighting dogs,
sustaining bites to his neck, head,
back and legs.
Jumped through a layer of ice in a
neighbor’s pool to save a boy from
downing. Her husband administered
CPR until paramedics arrived.
Saved a man from his burning house.
Pushed an unconscious woman, who
had fallen on the tracks, under the
station platform to safety.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
364
Year
1996
Recipient(s)
Jesse Hardin
City
Alexandria
State/Province
Virginia
365
1996
John Jordan
Rutland
Vermont
366
1996
Shane Lee
Alexandria
Virginia
367
1996
Richard Vandepels
Crystal Falls
Michigan
368
1996
Larry O'Grady
Carbonear
(EC&C)
369
370
1996
1996
Pat O’Grady
George Pinlac (P)
Carbonear
Winnipeg
(EC&C)
Canada
371
1996
Patrick Emond (P)
Quebec
Canada
372
1996
Fred Anderson
Crystal Fall
Michigan
373
1996
Erick Chalmers Stuart
Parkersburg
West Virginia
374
1996
Frank Corica
Midview
Ohio
375
1996
Dana Goodge ($)
Rincon-Tucson
Arizona
376
1997
Brendon Malovrh ($)
State College
Pennsylvania
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
18
Circumstances
Jesse and two other men jumped into
water to save a man whose car had
plunged into a full drainage basin,
using his lock bar to break open the
windows to pull the driver out. The
three worked to resuscitate the driver
until paramedics arrived.
Performed repeated acts of heroism
as a volunteer firefighter in Bosnia,
saving the lives and property of those
in need. Is the founder of Global
Operation Fire/Rescue Services
(GOFERS) a United Nationssanctioned relief program.
Pulled a fellow schoolmate from
under a school bus seconds before
the bus drove off.
With the help of a deputy, he pulled a
teenage boy from his burning home,
performing CPR until paramedics
arrived.
The O’Gradys pulled a man free from
the fiery debris of the Irving Oil tank
explosion. Larry stayed with the man
while Pat directed the firemen to the
area of the explosion.
Same as above.
Lost his life attempting to save
another young boy from drowning;
both died.
Lost his life attempting to save a
woman from the burning La Goeliche
Inn where both were staying.
Saved a woman from a burning car,
suffering first- and second-degree
burns and a broken hand.
Dove in the Ohio River to save a man
trapped in his car after he had lost
control, drove over a parking barrier
and landed in the river.
Pulled a girl out of a burning car and
extinguished the flames from her
clothes and body.
Rescued a girl being attacked by two
dogs.
Wrestled a rifle from a girl who was
randomly shooting at students and
had killed one.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
377
Year
1997
Recipient(s)
Ernest “Chip” Koella
(P)
Marietta
State/Province
Georgia
378
1997
Paul Brister ($)
Warren
Ohio
379
1997
Jon Lane ($)
Moses Lake
Washington
380
1997
John Mozug ($)
Dearborn
Michigan
381
1997
David Ward (C$)
Port Hills
New Zealand
382
1997
Casey Beaudoin
Perrysburg
Ohio
383
1997
Tom Dennis
Perrysburg
Ohio
384
1997
Mike Blaesing ($)
Quincy
Illinois
385
1997
Dwayne Baum ($)
Quincy
Illinois
386
1997
John Neff ($)
Alexandria
Virginia
387
1997
Dave Thomas ($)
Alexandria
Virginia
388
1997
Paul Estefan ($)
Connecticut
389
1997
David Samsel
Florida
390
1997
Paul Munyon
Florida
391
1997
Mike Littrell
Florida
392
1997
Mark Santasiero
Florida
393
1997
Robert Narloch
Florida
394
1997
Matt Allen ($)
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
City
Louisville
Kentucky
19
Circumstances
Dove in turbulent waters to save a
man kayaking; the strong current
sucked them under, trapping them
under a tree and taking both lives.
Pulled a 10-year-old boy from a river
after the boy’s mother pushed him off
a bridge into the water.
Subdued a student who opened fire
on three other students and a teacher.
Swam in freezing water to save a
woman who lost control of her car
and crashed into a pond.
Jumped into a swollen, murky river
to pull two passengers from their car
after it swerved off the road and
landed in the water.
Released a trapped truck driver from
his truck, which was seconds away
from catching fire.
Released a trapped truck driver from
his truck, which was seconds away
from catching fire.
Rescued a woman from an icy creek
after her car slid off the road and
overturned, landing in the creek.
Rescued a woman from an icy creek
after her car slid off the road and
overturned, landing in a creek.
After noticing flames shooting out of
a condo, he scaled a ten-foot wall and
entered a burning building, rescuing a
tenant on fire and several others.
Aided in the rescue of tenants whose
condo building was on fire.
Saved a man who had been in a plane
crash.
Rescued an individual from a car
crash.
Rescued an individual from a car
crash.
Rescued an individual from a car
crash.
Rescued an individual from a car
crash.
Rescued an individual from a car
crash.
Rescued a pilot who had been in a
plane crash.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
395
Year
1997
Recipient(s)
Calvin Banks (C$)
City
Indianapolis
State/Province
Indiana
396
1997
Timothy Norton ($)
Orofino
Idaho
397
1997
Patrick O'Toole ($)
Wall Township
New Jersey
398
1997
Matthew Scott ($)
Port Orchard
Washington
399
400
1997
1998
Keith Smith ($)
William Brooks ($)
Bloomington
Stockton
Illinois
California
401
402
1998
1998
David Dansker ($)
Mickey Hampton ($)
South Laurel
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
403
1998
Doug Mock
Manchester
New Hampshire
404
1998
Ronald Regan
Manchester
New Hampshire
405
1998
Rommel Primus (C$)
St. Michael
Barbados,
West Indies
406
1998
Jacob Ryker
Springfield
Oregon
407
1998
Josh Ryker
Springfield
Oregon
408
1998
Doug Ure
Springfield
Oregon
409
1998
David Ure
Springfield
Oregon
410
1998
Adam Walburger
Springfield
Oregon
411
1998
Joseph Pearson
Springfield
Oregon
412
1998
Selena Somers ($)
Traverse City
Michigan
413
1998
Shannon Williams
Wright (P) ($)
Jonesboro
Arkansas
414
1998
George “Ed” Zink
Los Molinos
California
415
1998
Pastor Stanley Icenogle
Greenwood
Indiana
416
1998
James Luli ($)
Kent
Ohio
417
1998
Robert Johnson ($)
Wenatchee
Washington
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
20
Circumstances
Rescued two boys from a burning
house, suffering major burns over 75
percent of his body.
Rescued a drowning man who later
died.
Saved a handicapped woman from
being hit by a train.
Rescued a 15-year-old girl who drove
a truck off of a cliff.
Aided a truck driver.
13-year-old William rescued a 12year-old boy from drowning.
Rescued a man from a burning van.
Extinguished flames on a woman and
her daughter who had caught fire.
Rescued a man from a burning
vehicle.
Rescued a man from a burning
vehicle.
14-year-old Rommel became brain
dead after attempting to rescue two
other boys from drowning.
Disarmed a 15-year-old gunman
during a school shooting rampage.
Disarmed a 15-year-old gunman
during a school shooting rampage.
Disarmed a 15-year-old gunman
during a school shooting rampage.
Disarmed a 15-year-old gunman
during a school shooting rampage.
Disarmed a 15-year-old gunman
during a school shooting rampage.
Disarmed a 15-year-old gunman
during a school shooting rampage.
Rescued a student from a burning
building.
This schoolteacher gave her life by
deliberately shielding a student
during a school shooting.
Rescued a disabled occupant from his
burning apartment building.
Rescued a suicide victim from a
burning car.
Saved a 3-year-old from drowning
after a car accident.
Rescued a mother and child from
drowning.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
418
Year
1998
Recipient(s)
Ronald Hines ($)
City
Chattanooga
State/Province
Tennessee
419
1998
Jack Ginther ($)
Westside Kalamazoo
Michigan
420
1998
Rick Sesco ($)
Westside Kalamazoo
Michigan
421
1999
Tom Crooks ($)
Deerfield
Ohio
422
1999
Robert Lynn
Columbus
Ohio
423
1999
Richard Patula
Eugene
Oregon
424
1999
Paul Partridge
Eugene
Oregon
425
1999
Richard Childs ($)
Isabella County
Michigan
426
1999
Wayne Barrett ($)
Isabella County
Michigan
427
1999
Ray Binkley ($)
Davidson County
Tennessee
428
1999
Atlantic City
New Jersey
429
1999
Andre “Hype” Corbitt
(P)
($-funds to Pleasantville
Recreation Center)
Krystal Marie Donlon
(P) ($-funds to both
brothers)
North East
Maryland
430
1999
Dr James F Ehrnst, D.C.
Indian River
Michigan
431
1999
Kenneth Palmer ($)
Broward County
Florida
432
1999
Marty Ravellette ($)
Durham
North Carolina
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
21
Circumstances
Suffered injury while defending a
father and son from an attacker.
Entered a burning mobile home to
assist the occupants to safety.
Entered a burning mobile home to
assist the occupants to safety.
Saved two teenage girls who had
fallen through an ice-covered lake.
Saved the life of his friend from an
attacker during an armed robbery.
Rescued a man from a burning semitruck.
Rescued a man from a burning semitruck.
Rescued eleven kindergarten students
from their school bus that had
collided with electrical wires.
Assisted with the rescue of eleven
kindergarten students from their bus
that collided with electrical wires.
Risked his life to free a trapped truck
driver from his flaming tanker truck
after it rammed another semi-truck.
An inexperienced swimmer, he died
after jumping in the ocean at the
Main Avenue beach to save two
young children from drowning.
14-year-old Krystal died when she
threw a 5-year-old neighbor boy out
of the way of a speeding passenger
train.
Rescued a high school boy who
became cold and exhausted while
swimming approx 200 yards from
shore of DeVoe Beach at Burt Lake.
Attempted to rescue two passengers
from a flame-engulfed car after a
tanker truck overturned and pinned
them between the truck and guardrail;
before the second passenger was
rescued, a second explosion
destroyed the car.
This armless man saved an elderly
woman from a burning car by kicking
out the driver’s window, climbing
inside and unlocking the door with
his foot.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
433
Year
1999
Recipient(s)
Ken Rutland ($)
City
Grouse Mountain,
North Vancouver
Littleton
State/Province
BC, Canada
434
1999
William David Sanders
(P)
435
1999
L A Stevens ($)
Burlington
North Carolina
436
1999
Chris Whipple ($)
Lake Ontario
New York
437
1999
Wesley Wilbur ($)
Bremerton
Washington
438
1999
Sidney Baxter ($)
Little Rock
Arkansas
439
1999
Killeen
Texas
440
1999
Sgt Jeremy Paul
Danielson ($)
James A Harrison (P)
Little Rock
Arkansas
441
1999
Tony Iacino ($)
Davie
Florida
442
1999
Edward Cruz ($)
Davie
Florida
443
1999
Philip H Traum ($)
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
444
2000
Cecil Brinkley
Conyers
Georgia
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
Colorado
22
Circumstances
Rescued two hikers trapped in snow
after an extreme avalanche.
This business teacher and coach at
Columbine High School was fatally
wounded as he tried to save the
students from two student shooters on
a rampage through the school.
Rescued an elderly neighbor from his
burning home.
14-year-old Chris was vacationing
with family when he saved a woman
from drowning in a lake that had
pulled her under from a strong
undertow.
Rescued a woman from her burning
car after she lost power to her brakes
and crashed into a gas pump
moments before it exploded.
Saved the life of a 38-year-old
woman when the plane they were on
crashed in a violent thunderstorm,
suffering a severe gash to his thigh
that required 40 stitches.
Rescued a 22-month-old boy from
the babysitter’s burning home.
Gave his life to save the lives of
others when the plane he was on
crashed, returning many times to the
plane to pull passengers from the
wreckage.
Pulled a mother and son, who had
been sitting on a burning mattress
and were very disoriented, to safety
from their burning home
Assisted with the rescue by finding
the 16-month-old girl gasping for
breath in her crib and carrying her
out to safety.
Rescued a neighboring 3-year-old
boy from their burning home, then
had the family perform CPR before
he ran down the street to direct
emergency trucks to the home.
This assistant principal saved
numerous lives after convincing a
shooter to give up his revolver after
he had already wounded six students.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
445
Year
2000
Recipient(s)
David Eversden ($)
Hannibal
State/Province
Missouri
446
2000
Justin Hillibaugh ($)
Orofino
Idaho
447
2000
Matthew Jones ($)
Orofino
Idaho
448
2000
Yusuke Imaizumi (P)
(C$)
Odakyu, Fujisawa
Japan
449
2000
Debbie Lockwood
Cedar Lake, NW of
Traverse City
Michigan
450
2000
Hollie Renee Stuyvesant
($)
Rachel
West Virginia
451
2000
Timothy J. Sweeney, Jr.
($)
Bridgeport
Connecticut
452
2000
Bobby Adams
($)
Alexandria
Virginia
453
2000
Earl Batker
($)
Zionsville
Indiana
454
2000
Tye Baughman
($)
Dothan
Alabama
455
2000
Michael Thomas Bennett
($)
Jackson
Michigan
456
2000
Dana Christmas
($)
Maplewood
New Jersey
457
2000
Billy R. Dorsey
($)
Ann Arbor
Michigan
458
2000
Todd Gallahar
($)
Holland
Michigan
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
City
23
Circumstances
Saved the lives of a father and son by
pulling his truck in front of their
loaded grain truck, which had no
brakes, on a four-lane highway to
stop it.
Saved the life of a woman whose car
crashed through a guardrail and into a
15-foot storm sewer collection pond.
Saved the life of a woman whose car
crashed through a guardrail and into a
15-foot storm sewer collection pond.
This 18-year-old college student lost
his life trying to save an older man
who wandered onto the train tracks of
an oncoming train; both died.
Rescued a man from drowning after
he had fallen overboard from his
fishing boat.
This 11-year-old girl rescued three
small children (ages 2, 4 and 10
months) from a burning trailer, all
without harm.
Rescued a 90-year-old woman from
her burning car that was stuck on the
railroad tracks.
Rescued a man when his tractortrailer was cut off the road and
became engulfed in flames.
Saved the life of a 15-year-old boy
when the boys’ car slammed into a
tree and burst into flames.
This 16-year-old boy climbed inside
a burning trailer and rescued two
people.
Rescued an unconscious driver from
his burning pick-up truck and saved
the driver’s life.
She raced through a dormitory
corridor alerting students to vacate
their rooms and leave the building
due to a fire.
Dorsey, an off-duty reserve volunteer
fireman, risked his life to save a
friend after his truck accidentally
touched a high-voltage electric wire.
Without regard for his own safety,
Gallahar dove into Lake Michigan to
save the life of a drowning man.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
459
Year
2000
Recipient(s)
Norman Hines
($)
Sartell
State/Province
Minnesota
460
2000
Keith O. Mathis
Rockford
Illinois
461
2000
James Nixon
($)
Owossa
Michigan
462
2000
James Scott
($)
Jackson
Michigan
463
2000
Chastity Snyder
($)
Lima
Ohio
464
2000
Robert Stearns
($)
Alexandria
Virginia
465
2000
Curtis Tanner
($)
Pine Grove
California
466
2000
Roland (Ron) Wolfe
($)
Jackson
Michigan
467
2000
George Chenier Jr. (P)
Sun City-Menifee
Valley
California
468
2000
Nick Haddox ($)
Grove City
Ohio
469
2000
Gabe Johns ($)
Grove City
Ohio
470
2000
Jay Wilson ($)
Cullman
Alabama
471
2001
Otokazu Asai (P) (C$)
Tokyo
Japan
472
2001
Jon Bodwell ($)
Spanaway
Washington
473
2001
Bill Brown ($)
Morgantown Golden
K
West Virginia
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
City
24
Circumstances
Saved the life of a partially paralyzed
woman from an oncoming train after
her electric cart became stuck on the
railroad tracks.
Saved the lives of five children ages
1 through 6 after entering a two-story
burning building.
Broke into a crashed vehicle and
pulled a young lady out and away
from her burning car, saving her life.
Risked his live to save a man from a
car accident after dragging him away
from his burning vehicle.
This 11-year-old rescued two men
from drowning after their canoe
tipped over in Ferguson Reservoir.
Rescued a young driver after her car
was involved in an accident and her
vehicle turned over and was engulfed
in flames.
Risked his life to save a man and his
wife from their burning vehicle and
determined the other driver was dead
after a head-on collision.
Risked his life to save a man who had
been in a car accident by dragging
him away from his burning vehicle.
Saved a young man from a burning
vehicle. Chenier was seriously
burned and perished as a result.
Pulled two adults and a 23-month-old
child from a burning vehicle.
Pulled two adults and a 23-month-old
child from a burning vehicle.
Pulled in front of a car with an
unconscious driver to slow down the
vehicle.
Otokazu lost his life while attempting
to save the lives of others threatened
by an avalanche.
Risked his life while saving a man
from an auto accident at the
Speedway racetrack when two cars
exploded into flames.
Risked his life to save a mother and
her children from their burning home
after a gas explosion.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
474
Year
2001
Recipient(s)
Clarke Bynum
Sumter
State/Province
South Carolina
475
2001
John Excalante ($)
Burbank
California
476
2001
Alan Fortney ($)
Morgantown Golden
K
West Virginia
477
2001
Hobert Franklin Jr.
Grand Junction
Colorado
478
2001
David Wayne Gilcrease
Grand Junction
Colorado
479
2001
Gary Gooldy Jr. ($)
Brooklyn
Michigan
480
2001
Joseph Hassler
Grand Junction
Colorado
481
2001
Leon Eugene Jones
Coon Rapids
Minnesota
482
2001
Tom Konchesky ($)
Morgantown Golden
K
West Virginia
483
2001
Jesse Lablanc ($)
Foxcroft
Maine
484
2001
Kevin Luster
Grand Junction
Colorado
485
2001
Camille Mikalik ($)
Morgantown Golden
K
West Virginia
486
2001
Shawn Morrissette ($)
Waterville
Maine
487
2001
Gifford Shaw
Sumter
South Carolina
488
2001
Gene Tritchler ($)
Morgantown Golden
K
West Virginia
489
2001
Carl W. Eacret ($)
Delaware, Muncie
Indiana
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
City
25
Circumstances
Risked his life to save the lives of
398 others after taking action to
prevent a suicidal assailant from
crashing a Boeing 747.
John came upon two men attacking a
man with a carpet knife and helped
subdue the assailants, saving Caesar
Daosambalo’s life.
Risked his life to save a mother and
her children from their burning home
after a gas explosion.
Lost his life while trying to subdue a
gunman with a hostage.
Lost his life while trying to subdue a
gunman with a hostage.
Saved the life of a man from his
burning mobile home.
Risked his life trying to subdue a
gunman with a hostage.
Leon risked his life after jumping
from a second-story balcony to save a
12-year-old boy who fell through the
ice in a nearby pond.
Risked his life to save a mother and
her children from their burning home
after a gas explosion.
Saved the life of an 82-year-old man
and his granddaughter from their
burning house.
Risked his life trying to subdue a
gunman with a hostage.
Risked his life to save a mother and
her children from their burning home
after a gas explosion.
Saved the life of a 10-year-old boy
who fell into a stream while sledding.
Risked his life to save the lives of
398 others after taking action to
prevent a suicidal assailant from
crashing a Boeing 747.
Risked his life to save a mother and
her children from their burning home
after a gas explosion.
Risked his life to save a State
Trooper from her badly wrecked and
burning patrol car.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
490
Year
2001
Recipient(s)
Victoria Francois ($)
City
Peacan Valley Early
Club
State/Province
Texas
491
2001
Mitzi Hart ($)
Washington Court
House
Ohio
492
2001
Scott Hunter ($)
Peru
Indiana
493
2001
Sharon Beeler ($)
Perry Township
Indiana
494
2001
Rob Evans ($)
North Macon
Georgia
495
2001
Brant Irby ($)
Gulfport
Mississippi
496
2001
Carol Patch (P) ($)
Ohio
497
2001
Loris Pilot (C$)
South East Cleveland
&
Hillcrest
Hamilton East
498
2001
Keith Word ($)
Benton Harbor
Michigan
499
2002
Randy Burris (P) ($)
Athens
Georgia
500
2002
Ignacio (Iggi) Duque ($)
Stuart
Florida
501
2002
Lee Su Hyon (P) (C$)
Tokyo
Japan
502
2002
Thomas Lawson ($)
Fort Smith
Arkansas
503
2002
Shiro Sekine (P) (C$)
Tokyo
Japan
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
26
Canada
Circumstances
Saved the life of a man whose vehicle
left the road, hit a tree and burst into
flames.
This school bus driver saved the lives
of four schoolchildren from a fiery
bus accident after a pickup truck
crashed into the rear of her bus.
He saved the life of an elderly man
after the man suffered a heart attack
and lost control of his vehicle.
Sharon saved a young boy from
drowning in a pond behind her place
of business.
While on vacation at the beach, Rob
saw several people in trouble on a
sand bar and went to their aid at risk
of his own life.
Brant saved the lives of two people
from a burning truck without regard
for his own safety.
Carol lost her life after saving a 10year-old girl from a speeding
motorboat.
Loris, an off-duty police officer,
witnessed a car accident, uprighted
the car and rescued the victim while
the car was engulfed in flames.
Kevin rescued a 2-year-old girl from
an attack by two male Rottweilers.
Randy was struck by a speeding car
and lost his life after grabbing a 26year-old mother and her 2-month-old
daughter and pulling them out of
harm’s way.
Iggi saved the life of a swimmer who
had been caught in a riptide.
Lost his life when he and another
man jumped down from a train
platform to help a man who had
fallen onto the tracks.
Thomas Lawson risked his own life
to save a man’s life by pulling him
from a burning vehicle moments
before it exploded.
Lost his life when he and another
man jumped down from a train
platform to help a man who had
fallen onto the tracks.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
504
Year
2002
Recipient(s)
Keith Weltens ($)
City
Christiansburg
State/Province
Virginia
505
2002
Todd Beamer (P) ($)
Grissom and
Hackettstown
Indiana
New Jersey
506
2002
Dee Anne Blair ($)
Hillsdale
Michigan
507
2002
Ray Allen Hopkins ($)
Bond returned. He
refused the award and
bond.
Hillsdale
Michigan
508
2002
Greg Rideout (C$)
Grand Falls-Windsor
NF Canada
509
2002
Linda Smrcka (P) ($)
Ann Arbor
Michigan
510
2002
Jorge Urquidez-Navarro
(P) ($)
Litchfield
Arizona
511
2002
Deonta Williams
Martin
Tennessee
512
2002
Gene Brill ($)
Yakima
WA
513
2002
Marine Cpl. Trevor A.
Farley ($)
Oceanside
CA
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
27
Circumstances
Risked his own life to save the life of
a woman who was being brutally
beaten by a man with a knife in a
parking garage. Keith faced down the
attacker, who left the scene.
Todd lost his life while leading a
group of fellow passengers to prevent
their hijacked airplane from crashing
into a national landmark, saving the
lives on the ground of anyone who
would have been affected.
Risked her life and safety in assisting
an unresponsive victim from a
burning truck and remaining on-site
to assist the EMS in restraining the
man and trying to keep him calm.
Risked his life and safety in assisting
an unresponsive victim from a
burning truck and remaining on site
to assist the EMS in restraining the
man and trying to keep him calm.
Without regard to his own safety,
Greg rescued a car crash victim
submerged in an ice-covered river.
Greg crossed the thin ice and held the
victim’s head above water until the
volunteer fire department arrived.
Linda risked her life and was killed
while attempting to assist a distressed
motorist on a snow-covered highway
ramp. Linda was struck and killed by
a third vehicle when the driver lost
control on the icy ramp.
Jorge, who could not swim, jumped
into a water-filled pit in the Salt
River bed and saved a 1-year-old boy
from drowning. Jorge saved the boy’s
life but drowned in the process.
Risked his life to save the life of his
10-year-old cousin by pushing his
cousin out of the path of an oncoming
car. Deonta was hit and injured by
the car.
Risked his life to rescue a
grandmother and granddaughter from
a burning car.
Rescued a tow truck driver that was
under gunfire from a man he was
trying to assist.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
514
Year
2002
Recipient(s)
Larry Hicks ($)
Troy
State/Province
AL
515
2002
Deborah Ryan (P$)
Carlsbad
CA
516
2002
Eric Gay (C$)
Mont Dore City
New Caledonia
517
2002
Frank Neimbo (C$)
Mont Dore City
New Caledonia
518
519
2003
2003
Matt Harwood ($)
Eddie Heussler ($)
Eugene
West Henrico
Oregon
Virginia
520
2003
Rebekeh Nielsen ($)
Pine Island
Minnesota
521
2003
Barbara Rainwater ($)
Coon Rapids
Minnesota
522
2003
Richard Tolan ($)
Coon Rapids
Minnesota
523
2003
Thomas Blake ($)
Florida
524
525
2003
2003
2003
Clayton Gheza ($)
Jonathan R. Griswold ($)
Nathan Grubb ($)
Port Orange-South
Daytona
Arroyo Grande
Arroyo Grande
St. Simon’s Island
526
527
2003
Bruce Hornecker ($)
Millburn
NJ
528
2003
Glen Allen
VA
529
2003
Ryan Matthew Hudson
($)
Allen Whittington ($)
St. Simon’s Island
GA
530
2003
Harumitsu Itoga (P) (C$)
531
2003
Hui-kuo Yang (C$)
Chiayi City
ROC
Lost his life while successfully
rescuing a drowning child.
Rescued a drowning woman.
532
2003
Boaz Witana (C$)
Taupo
New Zealand
Rescued a drowning woman.
533
2003
Dave Witana (C$)
Taupo
New Zealand
Rescued a drowning woman.
534
2003
Chad Barr ($)
Lenoir
North Carolina
535
2003
Ronald L. Halsey ($)
Lubbock
Texas
Rescued a man and his dog from a
burning house.
Swam 1.4 miles in icy water to rescue
his boating crew.
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
City
CA
CA
GA
Japan
28
Circumstances
Dove in a lake to rescue a pilot who
had just crashed his plane.
Deborah lost her life while saving
two neighborhood children from a
runaway car.
Eric Gay and Frank Neimbo jumped
into swiftly moving water to save the
life of a young child who had fallen
into a flooded water pipe.
Frank Neimbo and Eric Gay jumped
into swiftly moving water to save the
life of a young child who had fallen
into a flooded water pipe.
Rescued a man from a burning car.
Tried in vain to rescue a 79 year-old
woman from her burning home. He
was severely burned in the process.
Rescued three children under the age
of six from a burning car.
Rescued an elderly woman neighbor
from a burning house.
Rescued an elderly woman neighbor
from a burning house.
Although handicapped, he rescued a
drowning man from a public pool.
Subdued an armed student.
Subdued an armed student.
Rescued two men from a plane crash.
Rescued a woman from a burning
apartment building.
Pulled an unconscious woman from a
burning car.
Rescued two men from a plane crash.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
536
Year
2004
Recipient(s)
Napoleon Bissaillon ($)
Lebanon
State/Province
Tennessee
537
2004
James Eakle (P) ($)
Hopewell
WV
538
2004
Lebanon
Tennessee
539
2004
Gregory N. Griffith (P)
($)
Andrew Smith ($)
Lebanon
Tennessee
540
2004
William Thomas ($)
Rahway
New Jersey
541
2004
Justin Gregorich ($)
Clearwater
Florida
542
2004
Dan Johnson ($)
Milesburg
PA
543
2004
Mark Johnson ($)
Cold Spring
Minnesota
544
2004
John Lane Jr ($)
Darien
Georgia
545
2004
Douglas Peterson ($)
Maple Park
Illinois
546
2004
Cedric Redus ($)
Dearborn Heights
Michigan
547
2004
Lynn Rich ($)
Dexter
Michigan
548
2004
Latoris Shepherd ($)
Dearborn Heights
Michigan
549
2004
Eric Tiemann ($)
Little Falls
Minnesota
550
2004
Michael Travis ($)
Dearborn Heights
Michigan
551
2004
Carol Williams ($)
Massillon
Ohio
552
2004
Wayne Wooten ($)
Easley
South Carolina
553
2004
William Van Scoyoc ($)
Yonkers
New York
554
2004
Yusuke Hara (P) (C$)
Tokyo
Japan
555
2004
Paul Nowlin ($)
Clinton
Oklahoma
556
2004
Damion Smith
Lehigh County
Pennsylvania
557
2005
Michael Bennett ($)
Sand Lake
New York
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
City
29
Circumstances
Steered a gunman away from coworkers.
Lost his life from a heart attack while
saving an 8-year-old boy from
drowning.
Lost his life confronting a gunman.
Disarmed a gunman that had just shot
a co-worker.
Rescued a woman from her
submerged car.
Rescued a man from his submerged
car.
Pulled many victims from a 44-car
pile-up.
Stopped an armed student from
killing other students.
Rescued two people from a burning
car.
Pulled a 90-year-old woman from her
car and out of the path of an
oncoming train.
Pulled a man from a burning tanker
truck.
Saved a woman from a spooked
horse that was attacking her.
Pulled a man from a burning tanker
truck.
Rescued a pregnant woman and her
two children from her burning house.
Pulled a man from a burning tanker
truck.
Jumped into a swollen river to rescue
a small boy from drowning.
This UPS driver saved a woman from
a burning house.
Helped evacuate employees from the
World Trade Center on 9-11-2001.
A 13-year-old boy who lost his life
while successfully rescuing a
classmate.
Rescued two individuals from a
burning house.
Saved two young boys who were
trapped in a burning car.
Disarmed a student who had a
shotgun.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
558
Year
2005
Recipient(s)
Dominic Giunta (C$)
Dunedin
State/Province
Florida
559
2005
Paul Koster ($)
Southampton Town
New York
560
2005
John Sawchuck ($)
Sand Lake
New York
561
2005
Kevin D. Shaw (C$)
Ellsworth
Kansas
562
2005
Michael K. Clack ($)
Coldwater
Ohio
563
2005
David Coffey ($)
Kings Creek
North Carolina
564
2005
Ralph Genovese Jr. ($)
Cape May Point
New Jersey
565
2005
George Gordon ($)
Valparaiso
Indiana
566
2005
John Henke ($)
Phuket
Thailand
567
2005
Theresa Miklusicak ($)
Benton Harbor
Michigan
568
2005
Will Ritch ($)
Kings Creek
North Carolina
569
2005
Casey Sobolewski ($)
Phuket
Thailand
570
2005
Julie Sobolewski ($)
Phuket
Thailand
571
2005
Asia Brantley ($)
Knightdale
North Carolina
572
2005
Joey Cox (C$) (P)
Balto
Maryland
573
2005
Seth DeBusk ($)
Pierce
Idaho
574
2005
Jeremy Engle ($)
Kamiah
Idaho
575
2005
Kyle Kingen ($)
Pierce
Idaho
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
City
30
Circumstances
Lost his life rescuing an 8-year-old
boy from drowning.
Rescued a man from drowning in
rough seas.
Disarmed a student with a shotgun.
Suffered a heart attack after rescuing
a woman from a burning truck.
Rescued three people from drowning.
Rescued an elderly couple from a
burning house.
Attempted to rescue a 14-year-old
boy from drowning.
Disarmed a student who was armed
with a machete.
Spent six hours in a sailboat helping
to rescue a person from the waters
offshore of Thailand after a tsunami.
Rescued a family of four from an
overturned SUV.
Rescued an elderly couple from a
burning house.
Spent six hours in a sailboat helping
to rescue a person from the waters
offshore of Thailand after a tsunami.
Spent six hours in a sailboat helping
to rescue a person from the waters
offshore of Thailand after a tsunami.
Asia, a 10-year-old child, threw
herself upon a 40-pound male pit bull
in an attempt to pull the dog off of
her 5-year-old neighbor.
Rescued a 10-year-old boy and a 16year-old girl from drowning before
losing his own life.
Entered a neighbor’s burning home
and assisted an 84-year-old woman to
leave the house.
During a track meet at Kamigh High
School, Jeremy saved Michey
Jackson from electrocution when he
pulled him free of a “hot” electrical
line.
Entered a neighbor’s burning home
and assisted an 84 year-old woman to
leave the house.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
576
Year
2005
Recipient(s)
Rieko Ohhigashi (P)
($C)
577
Jan.
2006
Jan.
2006
June
2006
June
2006
June
2006
June
2006
578
579
580
581
582
583
584
585
586
587
588
589
590
591
592
593
594
State/Province
Japan
Circumstances
Rescued a 9-year-old boy from
drowning before losing her life.
Fu-Shan Lee (C$)
City
Kaminoburai,
Marunocho, Nirasaki
City, Yamanashi
Prefecture
Taiwan
Taiwan
Jen-Shan Chang (C$)
Taiwan
Taiwan
Matthew Castaneda ($)
Oceanside
California
Stephen Knight (C$)
St. John’s
Canada
Edward Marsette ($)
Auburn
Washington
Nathan McPartlin ($)
Trenton
Michigan
June
2006
June
2006
June
2006
Oct
2006
Oct
2006
Ricardo Montalvo ($)
Oceanside
California
Kyle Jonathon Musser
($)
Atsushi Ohta (P) (C$)
Eaton County
Michigan
Otaru City, Hokkaido
Japan
Matthew Emmerling ($)
State College
Pennsylvania
Douglass Harrell ($)
Pensacola Beach
Florida
Oct
2006
Oct
2006
Oct
2006
Kevin Mahoney ($)
State College
Pennsylvania
Steve Sliwa ($)
Daytona Beach
Florida
Bert Alexander (P)
Conway
Arkansas
Oct
2006
Oct
2006
Brett Carlson (P)
Parsons
Kansas
Jack Logan (P)
Conway
Arkansas
Oct
2006
Jan
2007
Jessica Pierce (P)
Parsons
Kansas
F. Shellie Reed ($)
Sugar Grove
Illinois
Rescued 80+ victims from a burning
boat off of the coast of Taiwan.
Rescued 80+ victims from a burning
boat off of the coast of Taiwan.
Pulled a handicapped woman from a
burning car.
While off-duty, he rescued another
from a knife-wielding attacker.
Pulled three people from a burning
vehicle after their crash.
Pulled a woman from a car that was
stuck on the railroad tracks moments
before a train crashed into the car.
Pulled a handicapped woman from a
burning car.
Rescued two minor children from a
burning vehicle.
Lost his life while trying to rescue
another individual in a car crash.
Saved ten lives by awakening people
in a burning house.
Rescued a soldier on leave from
drowning in rough seas in the Gulf of
Mexico.
Saved ten lives by awakening people
in a burning house.
Saved an older woman from a
burning car.
Sacrificed his life after his boat
overturned by letting go of his oar,
knowing that he would not survive, to
save the life of two young boys.
Lost his life while saving his students
from a riptide.
Sacrificed his life after his boat
overturned by letting go of his oar,
knowing that he would not survive, to
save the life of two young boys.
Lost her life trying to save fellow
students from a riptide.
Stayed with a young girl in a burning
vehicle until help arrived.
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
31
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
595
596
597
598
599
600
601
602
603
604
605
606
607
608
609
610
611
612
613
614
615
616
617
Year
July
2007
July
2007
July
2007
July
2007
July
2007
July
2007
July
2007
June
2008
June
2008
June
2008
June
2008
June
2008
June
2008
June
2008
Recipient(s)
Steven Brown ($)
City
Indianapolis
State/Province
Indiana
Circumstances
Pulled a driver from a burning truck.
Timothy Cocrane ($)
Farmville
Virginia
Zachary Davis ($)
Nashville
Indiana
Ryan Moore ($)
Indianapolis
Indiana
Rescued three people from a burning
house.
Rescued more than 20 people from a
burning hotel.
Pulled a driver from a burning truck.
Dion Newton ($)
Albion
Michigan
Matt TenBrock ($)
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Ryan Clark (P)
Blacksburg
Virginia
Paul DeWaard (C$)
Victoria
Australia
Brendan Keilar (P)
Victoria
Australia
Richard Hodnett ($)
Rancho Cordova
California
Cody Horn ($)
Hillsdale County
Michigan
Hirofumi Iwasaki (P)
Nagano
Japan
Ryan Jorgensen ($)
Minnehaha County
South Dakota
Saba Sohail ($)
San Jose
California
Jan
2009
June
2009
June
2009
June
2009
Sept
2009
Sept
2009
Sept
2009
Sept
2009
Sept
2009
Austin Hemmings (P)
Auckland
New Zealand
Greg Bryant ($)
Chimacum
Washington
Luke S. Burroughs ($)
Manhattan
Kansas
Liz Kelley ($)
Peoria
Illinois
Regina Courtright ($)
Alpena
Michigan
Yoshinori Kojima (P)
Kumagaya City
Japan
Steve Pearson ($)
Sandusky County
Ohio
Bob Sealscott ($)
Griffith
Indiana
Jim Yearsich ($)
Griffith
Indiana
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
32
Rescued a disabled woman from a
burning building.
Rescued a man from drowning.
Tried to aid a fellow student and was
shot by a gunman at Virginia Tech.
Came to the aid of a woman being
physically assaulted on the street.
Lost his life aiding a woman being
physically assaulted on the street.
Shielded a co-worker by stepping in
front of a gunman.
Saved a young girl from drowning in
a submerged car.
Lost his life while rescuing a child
from drowning.
Dove underwater to free a disabled
boy and prevent him from drowning.
Shielded a rape victim from her
attacker and rescued a child from the
scene.
Lost his life while aiding a woman
who was being attacked on the street.
Rescued a bed-ridden elderly woman
from a burning home.
Rescued his neighbor from a burning
apartment building.
Rescued a woman who was being
beaten and robbed.
This teenager saved her two cousins
from drowning.
Lost his life saving two young
children from drowning.
Rescued a teenage boy from a
burning car.
Rescued a fellow pilot from a plane
crash.
Rescued a fellow pilot from a plane
crash.
Robert P. Connelly Medal for Heroism
Award Winners
Recipients from inception (1967) to current date
#
618
619
620
621
622
623
624
625
626
627
628
629
630
Year
Jan
2010
Jan
2010
Jan
2010
June
2010
June
2010
June
2010
June
2010
Jan
2011
Jan
2011
Feb
2007
Dec.
2010
Sept
2010
Sept
2010
Recipient(s)
Zachary Driscoll ($)
City
Ormond Beach
State/Province
Florida
Corey Ryan Morris (P)
Huntsville
Missouri
Fred Robbins ($)
Carmel
Indiana
David Benke ($)
Littleton
Colorado
Robert Titus ($)
St. Joseph
Michigan
Naomitsu Sugita
Kyoto City
Japan
Takanori Kinoshita
Kyoto City
Japan
Simone Neri (P)
Giampilieri
Italy
Steve Zernhelt (P)
Northampton
Pennsylvania
Takashi Kanjou
Chiba
Japan
Johnathan Santiago
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Kurt Winters
South Thomaston
Maine
Rolf Winters
South Thomaston
Maine
($) US Savings Bond
(P) Posthumously
(C$) Cash Equivalent
33
Circumstances
Rescued a family of three from
drowning in the ocean.
Lost his life rescuing a young child.
Rescued a woman whose car was
submerged in a retention pond.
Stopped a gunman that was firing in a
school.
Rescued six neighbors from a
burning apartment.
Saved a 4-year-old boy from a
burning building.
Saved a 4-year-old boy from a
burning building.
Lost his life saving eight people in a
mud slide in Italy.
Lost his life trying to save neighbors
from an intruder.
Rescued a disabled person from a
burning building.
Rescued two young children from the
roof of a burning building.
Saved two people from a submerged
vehicle.
Saved two people from a submerged
vehicle.