• Source: Distinguished Intelligence Cross

      • The Distinguished Intelligence Cross is the highest decoration awarded by the United States Central Intelligence Agency. It is given for "a voluntary act or acts of extraordinary heroism involving the acceptance of existing dangers with conspicuous fortitude and exemplary courage". Only a handful of people have been awarded this medal in the history of the agency, most posthumously. As a consequence, it is one of the rarest awards for valor in the United States.
      The cross is the agency's equivalent of the military's Service Cross, i.e., Navy Cross, Army Distinguished Service Cross, Air Force Cross. The agency has two awards for valor; the other is the Intelligence Star, which is analogous to the military's Silver Star.


      Known recipients


      Leo F. Baker, posthumously for the Bay of Pigs invasion
      William F. Buckley
      John T. Downey
      Richard Fecteau
      Wade C. Gray, posthumously for the Bay of Pigs invasion
      James Monroe, CIA paramilitary officer during Vietnam War
      Thomas W. "Pete" Ray, posthumously for the Bay of Pigs invasion
      Riley W. Shamburger, posthumously for the Bay of Pigs invasion
      Greg Vogle, paramilitary officer and CIA trailblazer
      Molly Huckaby Hardy, posthumously for the 1998 United States embassy bombings in Nairobi
      David N. Tyson, for actions during the Battle of Qala-i-Jangi


      See also


      Awards and decorations of the United States government


      References

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