Flashcards: United States Distinguished Marksman

Major General Holger Nelson Toftoy (October 31, 1902 – April 19, 1967) was a United States Army officer linked to early rocketry such as the Redstone missile.

Lance Thomas Bade (born February 6, 1971 in Vancouver, Washington) is a target shooter and three-time Olympian.

Raymond "Ray" Orville Coulter (April 12, 1897 – January 23, 1965) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Raymond "Ray" Cope Bracken (January 8, 1891 – October 23, 1974) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Rebecca Nicole "Beki" Snyder (born July 15, 1976 in Didsbury, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian-born American sport shooter.

Tara Poremba is a competitive shooter and police officer.

Victor Lee "Vic" Auer (March 24, 1937 – May 3, 2011) was a sports shooter and Olympic medalist for the United States.

Walter Tomsen (March 4, 1912 – December 30, 2000) was a sports shooter and Olympic medalist for the United States.

Colonel Walter Rudolph Walsh (May 4, 1907 – April 29, 2014) was an FBI agent, USMC shooting instructor and Olympic shooter.

Alfred Page Lane (September 26, 1891 – October 1965) was an American sports shooter who competed at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics.

Littleton "Tony" Waller Tazewell Waller (September 26, 1856 – July 13, 1926) was a career officer in the United States Marine Corps, who served in the Spanish–American War, the Caribbean and Asia.

Joseph Oswald Mauborgne (February 26, 1881 – June 7, 1971) co-invented the one-time pad with Gilbert Vernam of Bell Labs.

Julian Sommerville Hatcher (June 26, 1888 – December 4, 1963), was a U.

General Merrill Barber Twining (November 28, 1902 - May 11, 1996) was a United States Marine Corps general who received a "tombstone promotion" to four-star general upon retirement.

Michael McPhail (born December 15, 1981) is an American rifle shooter.

Rear Admiral Morton Claire Mumma, Jr.

Joseph Jackson (September 23, 1880 – December 30, 1960) was an American sports shooter and Olympic champion.

Kimberly "Kim" Susan Rhode (born July 16, 1979) is an American double trap and skeet shooter.

Nancy Johnson (born January 14, 1974) is an American sports shooter.

Edward Frederick "Ed" Etzel, Jr.

James Todd Graves (born March 27, 1963) is an American sport shooter.

Allan Lindsay Briggs (February 14, 1873 – November 12, 1951) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Brian Zins is a former United States Marine Corps military police officer and Gunnery Sergeant.

John Nihill (May 25, 1850 – May 29, 1908) was an Irish-born soldier in the U.

John Henry Writer (born September 17, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American sports shooter who competed and won a gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Joseph "Joe" William Crockett (February 16, 1905 – July 11, 2001) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Joshua Richmond (born December 19, 1985) is an American male sport shooter who is the world's top ranked double trap shooter.

Major General Paul Woolever Newgarden (24 February 1892 - 14 July 1944) was an American general during World War II.

Lanny Robert Bassham (born January 2, 1947) is an American sports shooter who won a gold medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and a silver medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Morris "Bud" Fisher (May 4, 1890 – May 23, 1968) was an American sports shooter and U.

Hugh John "Pat" Casey (24 July 1898 – 30 August 1981) was a major general in the United States Army.

Daryl Szarenski (born March 14, 1968) is an American sport shooter who competes in pistol events.

Hezekiah Leonard Clark, Jr.

William B. Martin (May 13, 1866 – January 22, 1931) was an American sport shooter, who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Gary Lee Anderson (born October 8, 1939) is a former Nebraska state legislator and an American sport shooter, who was the only shooter to win two, consecutive Olympic gold medals in the 300 m Rifle event before it was discontinued.

Billy G. Hicks (born 1927) is an expert moving target shooter, and distinguished himself in high speed moving target competitions around the world and the United States from 1965-1981.

Elizabeth "Libby" Callahan (born February 25, 1952) is an American sport shooter.

Emily Caruso (born June 4, 1977 in Stamford, Connecticut) is an American sport shooter.

Eric R. England (born 1933) was a sniper for the United States Marine Corps 3rd Marine Division during the Vietnam War.

William John Whaling (February 26, 1894 – November 1989) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Karl Telford Frederick (February 2, 1881 – February 11, 1963) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

William Henry Rupertus (November 14, 1889 – March 25, 1945) was a major general in the United States Marine Corps and the author of the Rifleman's Creed.

Claudius Miller Easley (July 11, 1891 – June 19, 1945) was a decorated United States Army officer with the rank of Brigadier General who was killed at the Battle of Okinawa.

Michael Kelly (March 29, 1872 – May 3, 1923) was an American sport shooter, born in Galway, Ireland, who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Matthew D. Emmons (born April 5, 1981 in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey) is an American sport shooter.

David Monroe Shoup (30 December 1904 – 13 January 1983) was a decorated general of the United States Marine Corps who was awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II, became the 22nd Commandant of the Marine Corps, and, after retiring, became one of the most prominent critics of the Vietnam War.

Launi Kay Meili (born June 4, 1963 in Spokane, Washington) is an American sports shooter and Olympic champion from Cheney, Washington.

Franklin Crawford "Frank" Green (born May 5, 1933) is an American former sport shooter who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Sergeant Major Huelet Leo "Joe" Benner (November 1, 1917 – December 12, 1999) was an American multi-discipline pistol shooter during what many consider the golden era of international and national competition (post-WWII through the mid-1960s).

Frederick Sylvester Hird (December 6, 1879 – September 27, 1952) was an American sports shooter who won one gold and two bronze medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.

Oscar M. Westover (July 23, 1883 – September 21, 1938) was a major general and fourth chief of the United States Army Air Corps.

Carl Townsend Osburn (May 5, 1884 – December 28, 1966) was a United States Navy officer and sports shooter from Jacksontown, Ohio.

Cornelius Lonzo Burdette (November 6, 1878 – April 30, 1955) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

William Morris (born June 27, 1939) is an American sports shooter and was an officer in the United States Army when he won the bronze medal in the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Edward Green (born 1876, date of death unknown) was an American sports shooter.

William Wallace Ashurst (October 30, 1893 – February 18, 1952) was a Brigadier General in the United States Marine Corps, who served as a last commander of the North China Marine Detachment.

Keith Sanderson (born February 2, 1975) is an American sport shooter and holds the Olympic record for the qualification round of 25 meter rapid fire pistol (583 points).

William Preble Hall (June 11, 1848 – December 14, 1927) was a United States Army Brigadier General who was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for valor in action on October 20, 1879 near the White River, Colorado.

Lones W. Wigger, Jr.

Walter Campbell Short (March 30, 1880 – March 9, 1949) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army and the U.

Bernard George Betke (April 12, 1891 – April 18, 1975) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Henry Pierson Crowe (1899–1991) was a Marine of the Korean War, World War II, the Banana Wars, and World War I

Lyman Louis Lemnitzer (August 29, 1899 – November 12, 1988) was a United States Army general, who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1960 to 1962.

Roderick Random Allen (January 29, 1894 - February 1, 1970) fought in three major United States wars, and during World War II was a Major General in the United States Army, who commanded the 20th and 12th Armored Divisions.

Robert James Foth (born July 3, 1958) is an American sport shooter.

Wanda Rae Jewell (born June 19, 1954 in Havre, Montana) is an American former sports shooter and Olympic bronze medalist.

Erich Buljung (born March 21, 1944) is an American former sport shooter who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Matthew Alexander Dryke (born August 21, 1958 in Port Angeles, Washington) is an American former sports shooter.

Michael E. "Mike" Anti (born August 2, 1964) is an American sport shooter, a former Major in the U.

Lawrence Adam Nuesslein (May 16, 1895 – May 10, 1971) was an American sports shooter who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Oliver "Ollie" Martin Schriver (December 17, 1879 – June 28, 1947) was an American Gunnery Sergeant, sports shooter and Olympic Champion.

Karen Patricia "Pat" Spurgin (later Pitney, born August 10, 1965) is an American sports shooter, now living in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Ruby Ellen Fox (born August 11, 1945 in Los Angeles, California) is a former American sports shooter and Olympic silver medalist.

Holcomb was born on August 5, 1879 in New Castle, Delaware, one of 4 children, the son of Elizabeth Hindman Barney Daughter of US Navy Captain Nicolas Barney and Thomas Holcomb an Attorney and Speaker of the House of Delaware.

Kellogg Kennon Venable Casey (September 17, 1877 – October 18, 1938) was an American sport shooter, who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

William D. F. Leushner (November 27, 1863 – October 25, 1935) was a competitive rifle shooter.

Don Nygord (June 13, 1936 in Pocatello, Idaho – December 26, 2004 in Prescott, Arizona) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Donald Bradford Beary (4 December 1888–7 March 1966) was a vice admiral of the United States Navy.

Donald Stanley Haldeman (May 29, 1947 – February 22, 2003) was an American sports shooter from Souderton, Pennsylvania.

Douglas C. McDougal (April 23, 1876 – January 20, 1964) was the 10th Assistant to the Major General Commandant of the Marine Corps.

Marcus William Dinwiddie (August 27, 1906 – August 20, 1951) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Thomas Gayle "Tommy" Pool (February 10, 1935 – July 7, 1990) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Arthur Edwin "Art" Cook (born March 19, 1928) is a sports shooter and Olympic Champion for the United States.

Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Charles Jackson (May 15, 1918 – January 6, 2015) was an American competitive sport shooter.

Arthur Dale Rothrock (January 7, 1886 – November 28, 1938) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Walton Glenn Eller III (born January 6, 1982) is an American trap shooter and four-time U.

Edward James Land, Jr.

Harry Lester Adams (October 1, 1880 – August 12, 1968) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Horace Wayman Bivins (or Bivens or Bivans or Bevans) (May 8, 1862, Accomack County, Virginia – 1937, Billings, Montana) was a Buffalo Soldier who fought in the Indian Wars and the Spanish–American War.

James Enoch Hill (born October 30, 1929) is a retired sports shooter from the United States.

Jeffrey G. "Jeff" Holguin (born October 24, 1978 in Fullerton, California) is an American sport shooter.

Sandra Fong (born April 15, 1990, in New York, New York) is an American Olympic sport shooter.