Talk:List of recipients of the Legion of Merit

Colonel Russel V. Lee O 441 681 Medical Service Corps Service 22 March 1942 1 November 1944

Awarded in Washington DC _ 20th July 1955. Robert J. Stevens Presentor Secretary of the Army

And by Major General USA The Adjutant General John (.  ) Photos Avail upon request

Peter M. Lee

Inclusion criteria?
Is this list like the lists of Victoria Cross recipients in that all recipients are deemed to be notable?--ukexpat (talk) 19:15, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Bio tidbits in Legionnaire section
The Legionnaire section of this article can be no more than a simple streamlined reference list, which notes only that its listed have been awarded a specific honor, the LOM, at the rank of Legionnaire. Unlike the Chief Commander, Commander and Officer ranks of this award, where there have been only a relatively few awards of the LOM at the ranks and the reasons for the awards and individuals receiving them can be briefly elaborated for the convenience of the reader, there have been thousands of awards of the LOM at the rank of Legionnaire. Of the well over 3000 awards of the LOM, the vast, vast majority of the awards have been at the rank of Legionnaire. This is the only rank at which the LOM is awarded to personnel of the U.S. Armed Forces. The Legionnaire section has potential of becoming very large just as a streamlined reference list of individuals who have receivied the award at the Legionnaire rank.

If the reasons for even a small portion of the awards at the Legionnaire rank or the individuals receiving the awards are elaborated in its section, the list of awards shall quickly become unwieldy and near useless as a reference list. This Legionnaire section of the list Recipients of the LOM does not contain a column for comments and rightly so. Biographical notes can not be practically added in this section because of its shear number of potential recipients who may be listed in it, especially, where the notes are redundant as the subject of the LOM award is Wikipedia notable on other grounds and has a linked article already available to the reader and containing other biographical information. Unlike with sections for the other ranks of the LOM, this Legionnaires section is not intended to contain only a relatively short list of individual recipients, who can be generally described for the readers convenience so they may avoid further research. Unrelated bio notes on Legionnaires and notes on reasons for their awards shall simply clutter the section, quickly, rendering its text enormous and it useless for its purpose as a reference list.


 * typical wiki - incomplete list Juror1 (talk) 16:00, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

'''For the above reasons, I shall be removing the spatter of biographical tidbits included with the list of Legionnaire recipients where the recipients are Wikipedia notable otherwise. Where the recipient of the LOM is not linked to a main biographical article in Wikipedia, I shall be incorporating any such brief notes of contributors into the references supporting the award, so the notes are still available to the reader, but the added info shall not become disruptive of the reference list's purpose. If anyone disagrees with my actions or their reasons, please, discuss here.'''Albiet (talk)Albiet

Where's Lingamfelter?
Shouldn't Scott Lingamfelter be listed here? St. claires fire (talk) 12:44, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, I added Lingamfelter, but you rather tell me what is the difference between chief comander and comander, in both tabs are recipients which were not the Head of State a.k.a. Commander-In-Chief. --ThecentreCZ (talk) 21:11, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Where is Bill McRaven?
I've added McRaven, but for heaven's sakes!! — If the list is known to be incomplete, it should say.

Hope this helps.Jamesdowallen (talk) 11:10, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Where is Col Glover Johns Jr??
== Where is Col. Glover S. Johns, Jr who lead the 1st Battalion 18th Infantry into Berlin during the 1961 Berlin Wall Crisis under direct orders from President JFK, through 300 miles of hostile/enemy/USSR territory from Mannheim to Berlin without a shot being fired - which many felt, as it was written in at least 3 European news magazines that Col Johns had "World War III in his holster..." The entire city of Berlin turned out to meet the 18th Infantry, and Vice President Lyndon Johnson was there to greet Col Johns as well and subsequently award 1 of 5 LOM to the USA Army Infantry Colonel who went on to serve as Chief Intelligence Officer in Berlin during arguably the two most perilous years of the the Cold War. This event was also photographed, full page, in the Oct 6 or 9, 1961 edition of LIFE Magazine with the First Lady on the cover on the White House Balcony. Col Johns went on to receive a total of 5 Legions of Merit, among the highest ever awarded perhaps by 1 (?!), and is not mentioned here??! 216.169.234.235 (talk) 05:31, 15 March 2019 (UTC) D L Johns, only surviving Son


 * Never heard of him. Add him. Nford24 (PE121 Personnel Request Form) 05:47, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
 * As a note, quite a few people have received more than 5 LOM's. Nford24 (PE121 Personnel Request Form) 05:51, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Criteria
Are the criteria listed in Legion of Merit still in use ? Quite a few of post-WW2 Chief Commanders are not chiefs of State or Government (ministers, chiefs of staff) while many Commanders are not Chiefs of Staff. 217.167.255.177 (talk) 09:19, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Colonel General Henadii Vorobiov
With Ukraine being in the news lately, I notice the father of the modern Ukrainian Army isn't listed. I believe that at the time of the award, he was the first non-NATO awardee. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.218.228.94 (talk) 12:27, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Legion of Merit, Colonel Robert G. Theiring
On December 3, 1953, Colonel Robert G. Theiring, O-28982, Provost Marshal, Safety Advisory Group-Japan, 8065th AU, Tokyo, Japan, was awarded the Legion of Merit by Colonel J. Trimble Brown, CO, SAG-J.Voyager507 (talk) 14:07, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Hans Mayer-Gidion
Please add Hans Mayer gidion 2601:985:4401:A4B0:0:0:0:D1F1 (talk) 14:54, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

Please add country names
Flags may not be used to convey information on their own per MOS:FLAG. Please update so the flags are accompanied by the country name. Otherwise you cannot tell the nationality of the recipients here and it's failing accessibility. Canterbury Tail talk 15:29, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

You’re more than welcome to do it. Nford24 (PE121 Personnel Request Form) 17:29, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Actually was easier than I thought, a full find and replace of flagicon to flag. Canterbury Tail talk 18:33, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Ltc Charlie Little jr
LOM 1992 2600:6C40:7500:258A:71A7:99B9:5705:9C44 (talk) 04:34, 28 May 2023 (UTC)