U.S. Coast Guard Awards History
Gold
Lifesaving Medal Awardees
of the U.S. Life-Saving Service, Lighthouse Service, Revenue Cutter Service and Coast Guard
[Click on Date Of Rescue to view a description
of their Gold Lifesaving Medal rescue]
Date of Rescue: 10 October 1877
Station:
St.
Joseph LSS, MI (Station No. 10, Eleventh District)
Date of Award: 1 May 1878
Awardee(s): Joseph Napier
Date of Rescue: 11 September 1878
Station:
Charlotte
LSS, NY
Date of Award: 2 August 1879
Awardee(s): Joseph O. Doyle
Date of Rescue: 1 April 1879
Station:
Nantucket
LSS, MA
Date of Award: 10 May 1879
Awardee(s): James
C. Sandsbury
Date of Rescue: 4 April 1879
Station:
Cape
Cod LSS, MA
Date of Award: 10 November 1879
Awardee(s): Isaac
F. Mayo
Date of Rescue: 20 November 1879
Station:
Glen
Arbor LSS, MI
Date of Award: 8 April 1880
Awardee(s): John Blanchfield
William A. Clark
W.C. Ray
Charles A. Rosman
John Tobin
Date of Rescue: 3 February 1880
Station:
Monmouth Beach, NJ (Station No. 4, Fourth District)
Date of Award: 18 June 1880
Awardee(s):
Charles H. Valentine
Garrett H. White
Nelson Lockwood
Benjamin C. Potter
William H. Ferguson
John Van Brunt
Date of Rescue: 3 February 1880
Station:
Swan Point LSS, NJ (Station No. 11, Fourth District)
Date of Award: 10 June 1881
Awardee(s):
William H. Brower
William L. Chadwick
Abner R. Clayton
David B. Clayton
David B. Fisher
Charles W. Flemming
Abner Herbert
Demarest T. Herbert
Abram J. Jones
Britton C. Miller
Isaac Osborn
Louis Truex
Date of Rescue: 3 February 1880
Station:
Green
Island LSS, NJ (Station No. 11, Fourth District)
Date of Award: 10 June 1881
Awardee(s):
William P. Chadwick
John Flemming
James Numan
Tylee C. Pearce
Charles Seaman
Peter Sutfin
Benjamin Turex
William Vannote
Date of Rescue: 23 April 1880
Station:
Point au Barques LSS, MI (Station No. 2, Tenth District)
Date of Award:
Awardee(s): Jerome G. Kiah
Date of Rescue: 4 February 1881
Station:
Lime Rock Lighthouse Station, RI
Date of Award: 16 July 1881
Awardee(s): Ida Lewis, Keeper, U.S. Lighthouse Service
Date of Rescue: 31 October 1884
Station:
Cleveland
LSS, OH (Station No. 8, Ninth District)
Date of Award: 3 December 1884
Awardee(s):
Lawrence Distel
John L. Eveleigh
Joseph Goodrof
Charles C. Goodwin
William Goodwin
Frederick T. Hatch
Delos Hayden
Charles Learned
Jay Lindsay
Date of Rescue: 22 December 1884
Station:
Creed's
Hill LSS, NC (Station No. 22, Sixth District)
Date of Award: 24 April 1885
Awardee(s): Patrick H. Etheridge
Date of Rescue: 22 December 1884
Station:
Cape
Hatteras LSS, NC (Station 23, Sixth District)
Date of Award: 24 April 1885
Awardee(s): Benjamin B. Daily
Charles Fulcher
Thomas Gray
Isaac Jennett
Jabez B. Jennett
John H. Midgett
Date of Rescue: 28 January 1885
Station:
Cape
Elizabeth LSS, ME
Date of Award:
Awardee(s):
Marcus A. Hanna
Date of Rescue: 27 July 1885
Station:
Shark
River LSS, NJ (Station No. 7, Fourth District)
Date of Award: 3 February 1887
Awardee(s): John C. Patterson
Date of Rescue: 25 November 1888
Station:
Hull LSS, MA
Date of Award: 10 January 1889
Awardee(s):
Joseph T. Galiano
Louis F. Galiano
Joshua James
Osceola F. James
Alonzo L. Mitchell
Ambrose B. Mitchell
H. Webster Mitchell
John L. Mitchell
Eben T. Pope
George F. Pope
Frederick Smith
Date of Rescue: 26 November 1888
Station:
Jerry's
Point LSS, NH
Date of Award: 10 January 1889
Awardee(s):
Winslow A. Amazeen
Ephraim S. Hall
Silas H. Harding
George W. Randall
Ernest Robinson
John Smith
Selden F. Wells
Date of Rescue: 22 December 1888
Station:
San Francisco LSS, CA
Date of Award: 6 February 1892
Awardee(s): John Regnier
Date of Rescue: 28 November 1889
Station:
Evanston LSS, IL
Date of Award: 17 October 1890
Awardee(s): George Crosby
William Ewing
Edson B. Fowler
Frank W. Kindig
Lawrence O. Lawson
Jacob Loining
William L. Wilson
Date of Rescue: 26 October 1890
Station:
Cleveland
Breakwater Light Station, OH
Date of Award: 26 February 1891
Awardee(s): Frederick T. Hatch, Keeper, U.S. Lighthouse Service
Date of Rescue: 21 January 1892
Station:
Coskata
LSS, MA
Date of Award: 2 April 1892
Awardee(s): Walter N. Chase
Date of Rescue: 24 February 1892
Station:
Hog Island LSS, VA (Station No. 9, Fifth District)
Date of Award: 21 March 1892
Awardee(s):
John E. Johnson
Date of Rescue: 19 April 1893
Station:
Milwaukee LSS, WI
Date of Award: 24 May 1893
Awardee(s): Ingar Olsen
Official letter from the Secretary of the Treasury accompanying Olsen's gold medal in which the Secretary recounts Olsen's heroic actions that led to the award along with a photo. [pdf]
Date of Rescue: 11 October 1896
Station:
Pea Island LSS, NC (Station No. 17, Sixth District)
Date of Award: 5 March 1996
Awardee(s): Benjamin Bowser
Richard Etheridge
William Irving
Theodore Meekins
Dorman Pugh
Lewis Wescott
Stanley Wise
Date of Rescue: 22-23 November 1896
Station:
Point Arena Light Station, CA
Date of Award: 17 October 1899
Awardee(s):
Jefferson M. Brown, Keeper, U.S. Lighthouse Service
Date of Rescue: 18 August 1899
Station:
Gull Shoal LSS, NC
Date of Award: 18 October 1899
Awardee(s):
Rasmus S. Midgett
Date of Rescue: 8 September 1900
Station:
USRC Galveston
Date of Award: 18 September 1902
Awardee(s):
James Bierman, U.S. Revenue Cutter Service
Charles S. Root, U.S. Revenue Cutter Service
Date of Rescue: 21 November 1900
Station:
Buffalo LSS, NY (Station No. 5, Ninth District)
Date of Award: 23 February 1901
Awardee(s): W.
W. Griesser
Date of Rescue: 21 December 1900
Station:
Dam Neck Hills LSS, VA
Date of Award: 7 October 1901
Awardee(s): Bailey T. Barco
Date of Rescue: 17 March 1902
Station: Monomoy LSS, MA
Date of Award: 28 March 1902
Awardee(s): Seth L. Ellis
Date of Rescue: 15 December 1902
Station:
Charlotte
LSS, NY (Station No. 4, Ninth District)
Date of Award: 3 January 1903
Awardee(s):
Frank B. Chapman
W. Vernon Downing
Charles Eastwood
Mial E. Eggleston
George N. Gray
George E. Henderson
Ira S. Palmer
Delbert Rose
Lester D. Seymour
Date of Rescue: 21 January 1903
Station:
Shipbottom
LSS, NJ
Date of Award: 22 October 1903
Awardee(s):
C. V. Conklin
J. Horace Cranmer
B. P. Pharo
Walter Pharo
A. B. Salmons
Isaac W. Truex
Date of Rescue: 21 JAN 1903
Station:
Long Beach LSS, NJ
Date of Award: 22 October 1903
Awardee(s): M. D. Kelly
George Mathis
W. E. Pharo
Date of Rescue: 13 June 1903
Station:
Squan
Beach LSS, NJ (Station No. 9, Fourth District)
Date of Award: 15 January 1904
Awardee(s):
Robert F. Longstreet
Date of Rescue: 24 July 1903
Station:
Sakonnet
Light Station
Date of Award: 23 June 1904
Awardee(s): Nils Nelson, Keeper, U.S. Lighthouse Service
Date of Rescue: 10 October 1903
Station:
Virginia Beach LSS, VA
Date of Award: 15 January 1904
Awardee(s):
W. N. Capps
Date of Rescue: 22 January 1904
Station:
Quogue LSS, NY
Date of Award:
Awardee(s): William
F. Halsey, Jr.
Frank D. Warner
Date of Rescue: 22 February 1904
Station:
Blue
Point LSS, NY
Date of Award: 15 JAN 1905
Awardee(s): Albert
Latham
Frank D. Raynor
Date of Rescue: 10 February 1905
Station:
Cape Lookout LSS, NC
Date of Award: 12 April 1905
Awardee(s):
James W. Fulcher
William H. Gaskill
John A. Guthrie
Kilby Guthrie
Calupt T. Jarvis
John F. Kirkman
Joseph L. Lewis
Tyre Moore
Walter M. Voemans
Date of Rescue: 1 December 1905
Station:
Sand Island Light Station
Date of Award: 21 May 1906
Awardee(s): Niels Nilsen, Keeper, U.S. Lighthouse Service
Date of Rescue: 29 NOV 1909
Station:
Cape
Hatteras LSS, NC
Date of Award: 6 December 1911
Awardee(s): B. B. Miller
Date of Rescue: 29 NOV 1909
Station:
Creed's Hill LSS, NC
Date of Award: 6 December 1911
Awardee(s): E. H. Peel
Date of Rescue: 28 August 1911
Station:
Date of Award: 28 March 1912
Awardee(s): Third
Lieutenant S. S. Yeandle, U.S. Revenue Cutter Service
Date of Rescue: 30 December 1912
Station:
Tathams LSS, NJ
Date of Award: 16 April 1913
Awardee(s): Ridgeway G. Cobb
Richard Cresse
William A. Eckersley
William S. Eldridge
John K. Mathis
Harry McGinley
Samuel Morton
Frank Nichols
Adelbert Robbins
John E. Treworgy
Earl S. Woolson
Charles Wright, Jr.
Date of Rescue: 7 January 1913
Station:
Point Adams LSS, OR
Date of Award: 14 April 1913
Awardee(s):
Bernard C. Anderson
Thomas Anderson
P. A. De Kruis
John Doty
Ole Ericksen
Charles Johnson
Edward Johnson
Robert Nagel
Rudolph A. Pajoman
Charles E. Pearson
Leonard Pearson
Carl W. Petterson
Alfred Rimer
Theodore Roberge
Robert Therand
Charles A. Tucker
Oscar S. Wicklund
Date of Rescue: 8 November 1913
Station:
Portage LSS, MI
Date of Award: 15 July 1914
Awardee(s):
John C. Alfsen
Paul Liedtke
Oscar Marshall
Thomas H. McCormick
John McDonadl
David M. Small
Fred C. Sollman
Collin L. Westrope
Date of Rescue: 8 November 1913
Station:
Eagle Harbor LSS, MI
Date of Award: 15 July 1914
Awardee(s): Serge Anderson
John Beck
Thomas W. Bennetts
Anthony F. Glaza
George Halpainen
Charles Kumpula
Henry Padberg
Charles A. Tucker
Chester O. Tucker
Date of Rescue: 23 November 1914
Station:
Fort Point LSS, CA
Date of Award: 13 April 1915
Awardee(s): John
L. Clark
Date of Rescue: 23 November 1914
Station:
Point Bonita LSS, CA
Date of Award: 13 April 1915
Awardee(s): Michael
Maxwell
Joseph L. Nutter
Date of Rescue: 16 August 1918
Station:
Chicamacomico
LBS, NC
Date of Award: 20 August 1924
Awardee(s): John
A. Midgett
Zion
S. Midgett
Arthur
V. Midgett
Leroy
S. Midgett
Clarence
E. Midgett
Prochorus
L. O'Neal
Date of Rescue: 16 September 1918
Station:
USCGC
Seneca
Date of Award: 16 May 1919
Awardee(s): James
Osborne
Date of Rescue: 28 April 1919
Station:
USS
Marietta
Date of Award: 5 January 1920
Awardee(s): Harry
G. Hamlet
Date of Rescue: 14 November 1919
Station:
Grand Marais LBS, MI
Date of Award: 3 June 1920
Awardee(s): John
O. Anderson
Alfred E. Kristofferson
Leon E. Alford
George Olsen
Glen Wells
Edward J. Spencer
Russell Martin
William Campbell
Joseph G. McShea
Date of Rescue: 14 March 1920
Station:
USCGC
Acushnet
Date of Award: 11 May 1920
Awardee(s): James
Pine
Charles
Hansen
Date of Rescue: 14 February 1923
Station:
USCGC
Snohomish
Date of Award: 28 September 1928
Awardee(s): Henry
G. Hemingway
Date of Rescue: 7 July 1924
Station:
USCGC
Mascoutin
Date of Award: 24 October 1924
Awardee(s): John
S. Baylis
Thomas W. Coker
Date of Rescue: 8 November 1925
Station:
USLHT
Columbine
Date of Award: 16 February 1927
Awardee(s): Norman
C. Manyon, Keeper, U.S. Lighthouse Service
Date of Rescue: 26 August 1924
Station:
Ocean
City LBS, MD
Date of Award: 11 June 1925
Awardee(s): BMC(L)
Thomas F. Moore
Date of Rescue: 16 November 1926
Station:
CG-213
Date of Award: 24 May 1927
Awardee(s): BM(T)
William C. Hart
Date of Rescue: 5 March 1928
Station:
USCGC
Raritan
Date of Award: 30 June 1928
Awardee(s): Paul
R. Kelliher
Date of Rescue: 10 November 1929
Station:
Coast Guard Seaplane No. 3
Date of Award: 23 April 1930
Awardee(s): Machinist William R. Kinley
Date of Rescue: 1 January 1933
Station:
Coast Guard Seaplane Arcturus, Air Station Miami
Date of Award: 17 April 1933
Awardee(s): Carl
C. von Paulsen
William L. Foley
ACMM James R. Orndorff, Jr.
AMM1 William D. Pinkston
RM3 Thomas S. McKenzie
Date of Rescue: 22 August 1933
Station:
CG-112,
Base Nine, Cape May, NJ
Date of Award: 26 April 1934
Awardee(s): John
A. Glynn
BMC William J. Kelley
BM1 Stanley F. Rogers
MoMM1 Aldbert Fagerholm
MoMM2 Edward J. Recotta
SN2 Frank J. Pfingston
MoMM1 Miller L. West
Cook Charles R. Neblett
Date of Rescue: 24 March 1935
Station:
Point Adams LBS, OR
Date of Award: 25 April 1936
Awardee(s): MoMM2
Lynn M. Clapp
Date of Rescue: 8 February 1936
Station:
Charlevoix
LBS, MI
Date of Award: 28 April 1936
Awardee(s): BM2
Earl Cunningham
Date of Rescue: 22 June 1937
Station:
USCGC Pontchartrain
Date of Award: 15 September 1937
Awardee(s): BM2
Albert Lees
Date of Rescue: 7 May 1937
Station:
Gray's Harbor LBS, WA
Date of Award: 20 September 1937
Awardee(s): BN(L)
Hilman J. Persson
MoMM1(L) Roy I. Anderson
MoMM1 Jesse W. Mathews
Surfman Daneil E. Hamaleinen
Surfman Roy N. Woods
Date of Rescue: 10 May 1937
Station:
Coast Guard Seaplane V-131, Air Station San Diego
Date of Award: 3 August 1937
Awardee(s): Stanley
C. Linholm
Date of Rescue: 26 March 1938
Station:
MLB Triumph,
Point Adams LBS, OR
Date of Award: 7 November 1938
Awardee(s): BN(L)
John F. McCormick
Date of Rescue: 21 September 1938
Station:
Woods Hole LBS, MA
Date of Award: 23 January 1939
Awardee(s): SN1
Charles G. Starling
RM3 John A. Steadman
Date of Rescue: 23 December 1938
Station:
USCGC Haida
Date of Award: 1 November 1945
Awardee(s): ENS
Glenn L. Rollins
Date of Rescue: 3 December 1939
Station:
Point Bonita LBS, CA
Date of Award: 30 April 1940
Awardee(s): BMC
Cecil M. Thomas
Date of Rescue: 14 & 15 October 1947
Station:
USCGC Bibb
Date of Award: 10 November 1947
Awardee(s): LTJG
Clarence S. Hall
BM1 Ralph J. Keller
Date of Rescue: 11 August 1947
Station:
USS Henley (DD-762)
Date of Award: 3 December 1947
Awardee(s): SN2
Richard C. Gillett
Date of Rescue: 2 September 1947
Station:
USCGC McCulloch
Date of Award: 2 March 1948
Awardee(s): BM1
Marion K. Reynolds
Date of Rescue: 11 September 1949
Station:
Point Montara Light Station, CA
Date of Award: 20 March 1950
Awardee(s): SA
Leonard Wisniewski
Date of Rescue: 5 April 1951
Station:
St. George's Reef Light Station, CA
Date of Award: 31 March 1952
Awardee(s): BMC
Fred Permenter
Date of Rescue: 28 May 1951
Station:
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 78
Date of Award: 27 June 1952
Awardee(s): Erick
Lundberg, USCG AUX
Date of Rescue: 18 February 1952
Station:
Chatham LBS, MA
Date of Award: 7 May 1952
Awardee(s): BM1
Bernard C. Webber
EN2(P) Andrew J. Fitzgerald
SN Richard P. Livese
SN Ervin E. Mask
Date of Rescue: 18 & 19 February 1952
Station:
USCGC Yakutat
Date of Award: 7 May 1952
Awardee(s): ENS
William R. Kiely, Jr.
Date of Rescue: 18 January 1953
Station:
Coast Guard Air Detachment Sangley Point, Philippine Islands
Date of Award: 16 November 1955
Awardee(s): LT
John Vukic
LTJG Gerald W. Steward
ADC Joseph M. Miller, Jr.
ALC Winfield J. Hammond
AL1 Carl R. Tornell
AO1 Joesph R. Bridge
AD3 Tracy W. Miller
AM3 Robert F. Hewitt
Date of Rescue: 15 December 1955
Station:
Plum Island Light Station, NY
Date of Award: 1 April 1957
Awardee(s): SN
Sherwood R. Anderson
Date of Rescue: 23 June 1957
Station:
Yaquina Bay LBS, OR
Date of Award: 30 January 1958
Awardee(s): FN
James R. Dean
Date of Rescue: 23 June 1957
Station:
Yaquina Bay LBS, OR
Date of Award: 30 January 1958
Awardee(s): BMC
Thomas. D. McAdams
Date of Rescue: 19 February 1960
Station:
Cape Elizabeth LBS, ME
Date of Award: 7 July 1960
Awardee(s): Leon
E. Minzy
Date of Rescue: 12 January 1961
Station:
Point Adams LBS
Date of Award: 25 June 1962
Awardee(s): BM1
John L. Culp
Date of Rescue: 12 January 1961
Station:
Cape Disappointment LBS, WA
Date of Award: 25 June 1962
Awardee(s): SN-BM
Larry B. Edwards
Date of Rescue: 14 September 1961
Station:
Grand Haven South Pierhead Light Station, MI
Date of Award: 18 May 1962
Awardee(s): BM2
David E. Sparks
Date of Rescue: 1 June 1962
Station:
Quillayute River LBS, WA
Date of Award: 20 March 1963
Awardee(s): BM1
John C. Webb
Date of Rescue: 2 December 1965
Station:
Coast Guard Base Detroit, MI
Date of Award: 11 March 1966
Awardee(s): SN
Dennis R. Bauer
Date of Rescue: 29 April 1968
Station:
USCGC McLane
Date of Award: 16 January 1969
Awardee(s): SN
John R. McGowan
Date of Rescue: 29 April 1968
Station:
USCGC McLane
Date of Award: 16 January 1968
Awardee(s): SN
Richard E. Geise
Date of Rescue: 5 October 1969
Station:
?
Date of Award: 22 February 1973
Awardee(s): James
P. Grier
Date of Rescue: 18 April 1993
Station:
?
Date of Award: 7 October 1993
Awardee(s): PA1
Gary A. Openshaw
Date of Rescue: 10 September 1994
Station:
?
Date of Award: 27 February 1995
Awardee(s): CPO
George B. Evans
Date of Rescue: 26 November 1995
Station:
Station Cape Disappointment
Date of Award: 7 June 1996
Awardee(s): Michael
E. Early
Date of Rescue: 5 October 1996
Station:
?
Date of Award: 24 January 1996
Awardee(s): Kevin
S. DeGroot
Date of Rescue: 6 April 1997
Station:
CG-41351
Date of Award: 15 May 1997
Awardee(s): Frank
Mauro, USCG AUX
** indicates those receiving a Gold Bar for multiple awards
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