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The Ranger Hall of Fame

The Ranger Hall of Fame was formed to honor and preserve the spirit and contributions of America's most extraordinary Rangers. The members of the Ranger Hall of Fame Selection Board take particular care to ensure that only the most extraordinary Rangers are inducted, a difficult mission given the high caliber of all nominees. Their precepts are impartiality, fairness, and scrutiny. Inductees were selected impartially from Ranger units and associations representing each era or Ranger history. Each nominee was subjected to the scrutiny of the Selection Board to ensure the most extraordinary contributions are acknowledged.

Selection criteria is as unique as our Ranger history. To be eligible for selection to the Hall of Fame, a person must be deceased or have been separated, or retired from active military service for at least three years at the time of nomination. He must have served in a Ranger unit in combat or be a successful graduate of the U.S. Army Ranger School. A Ranger unit is defined as those Army units recognized in Ranger lineage or history. Achievement or service may be considered for individuals in a position in state or national government after the Ranger has departed the Armed Forces.

Honorary induction may be conferred on individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to Ranger units, the Ranger foundation, or the Ranger community in general, but who do not meet the normal criteria of combat service with a Ranger unit or graduation from the U.S. Army Ranger School.

Inductees biographical information can be seen at the Ranger Hall of Fame site.

Inaugural Year (1992)
GEN Richard E. Cavazos
CPT Benjamin Church
BG William O. Darby
COL Francis Dawson
LTG David E. Grange, Jr.
CPL Glenn M. Hall
SP4 Robert D. Law (MOH)
MG Kenneth C. Leuer
COL George A. McGee
MG Frank D. Merrill
COL John S. Mosby
SSG Robert J. Pruden (MOH)
COL Ralph Puckett
SSG Laszlo Rabel (MOH)
MAJ Robert Rogers
MG James E. Rudder
COL Max Schneider
COL Arthur Simons
COL Elliot P. Sydnor, Jr.
SGT Martin E. Watson
COL Logan E. Weston

HONORARY INDUCTEES
GEN Creighton W. Abrams
Mr. Richard A. Leandri

1st Annual (1993)
CSM Henry Caro
SSG David C. Dolby (MOH)
CSM Neal R. Gentry
CPT Nathan Hale
COL Charles N. Hunter
President Abraham Lincoln
CSM Gary L. Littrell (MOH)
LTC Andre C. Lucas
PFC Robert L. Mastin
MSG Roy H. Matsumoto
1SG Harvey L. Moore
SMA Glen E. Morrell
COL Roy A. Murray
COL George A. Paccerelli
SGT Donn F. Porter (MOH)
COL Arthur C. Stange III
LTG Samuel V. Wilson

HONORARY INDUCTEES
Honorable John O. Marsh, Jr

 2nd Annual (1994)
SGM Fred E. Davis
CPT Gregory E. Gardner
LTC William E. Gore
LTC William C. Grissom
1 LT Mayo S. Heath
SSG Jack E. Kuhn
SGT Peter C. Lemon (MOH)
SSG Gary L. Lemonds
GEN James J. Lindsay
1 SG Leonard G. Lomell
BG Francis Marion
SGT Andy B. Pung
MAJ James C. Queen
SFC Randall D. Shughart (MOH)

HONORARY INDUCTEES
Senator Strom Thurmond
GEN Lucian K. Truscott, Jr.

3rd Annual (1995)
1SG Anders K. Arnbal
MSG Aubrey M. Batts
COL Charles E. Beach II
COL Robert W. Black
SGT William C. Clark, Jr.
MAJ Gerald M. Devlin
LT Robert T. Edlin
GEN John W. Foss
MSG Gary I. Gordon (MOH)
1SG Randall Harris
SEN J. Robert Kerrey (MOH)
GEN Fred K. Mahaffey
CSM Michael N. Martin
BG John H. McGee
LT Philip B. Piazza
SGM Fred M. Shepherd
BG Joseph S. Stringham
CSM Patrick Tadina

4th Annual (1996)
1SG Joe C. Alderman
Father Albert E. Basil
SSG Clarence Branscomb
CSM Richard C. Burnell
CSM George Chaney
COL Robert I. Channon
SGT Ormand B. Crabtree
CPT Warren Evans
CSM Larry A. Fletcher
SGM Hubert H. Frost
PFC Norman Janis
GEN Robert C. Kingston
Monsignor Joseph R. Lacy
LTC Roy S. Lombardo
MAJ Richard J. Meadows
COL Lee Mize
LTC Berkeley J. Strong

5th Annual (1997)
LTC Richard P. Sullivan
PFC William E. Anderson
CPT Donald W. Delorey
SSG Henry Gosho
LTC Charles G. Ross
MAJ Warren E. Allen
COL Herman W. Dammer
COL Lewis L. Millett (MOH)
COL John P. Lawton
1LT Stephen H. Doane (MOH)
COL Robert B. Nett (MOH)
CSM Mariano R.C. Leon-Guerrero
CSM William T. Mixon
SSG Cyrille J. "Duke" Dushane

 6th Annual (1998)
COL William Lloyd Osborne
CPT Charles H. Parker
CPT Walter E. Block
PFC Leo G. Samborowski
COL Henry A. Mucci
BG Richard J. Eaton
CPT Eugene C. Rivera
SGT Richard S. Ehrler Jr.
SFC Wilton White
CSM Gary R. Carpenter

7th Annual (1999)
COL Edmond P. Abood
CPT Paul W. Bucha (MOH)
COL Joseph G. Clemons, Jr.
SFC Donald L. Lehew
SGM Joseph R. M. Cournoyer
LTC John S. Daniel, Jr.
SGM Santos A. Matos, Jr.
SFC John L. McCoy
CW4 William "Doc" Donovan
GEN Wayne A. Downing
MAJ Robert W. Prince
LTC Caifson Johnson
SGM Arthur A. Werner, Jr.

HONORARY INDUCTEE
WO2C Arthur "Robbie" Robinson

8th Annual (2000)
COL Walter Joseph Marm (MOH)
CPT Humbert Versace (MOH)
MAJ Bill Spies
MAJ Albert Clement
RGR William Butler
SSG Warner Katz
SGT William Kirshfield
SMA Julius W. Gates
COL Robert Turner
RGR Ronald Lesley
GEN Colin Powell
RGR Emmett Fike

9th Annual (2001)
CPT Dick Stewart
MSG Milton Lockett, Jr.
MSG John D. Minatra
SSG James D. Geer
SGM Sisto Cicuzza
BG Wes Taylor
LTC Ronald Ray (MOH)
CSM Donald Purdy
COL Charles Beckwith
SFC Albert Atkins
CPT Marvin Roberts
LT Edward McLogan
MSG Mike Smith

  10th Annual (2002)
CSM Autrail Cobb
SGT Robert L. Carr
CSM James H. Collier
SSG Glenn H. English, Jr.
BG Charles E. Getz
CPT (DR) James E. Hopkins
CPT Lester E. Kness
1SG Charles R. Laws, Jr.
CSM Harris L. Parker
MSG Edward L. Posey
SFC Edward W. Pucel
LTC James D. Rogers
LTC Kenneth W. Stauss
SGM Dennis L. Thompson
SGT Victor D. Valeriano
LTC Richard D. Wandke

11th Annual (2003)
CSM William H. Acebes
COL Anthony Labrozzi
LTC Melvin Blair
COL James B. Lyle
MR Les Brownlee
SGM Andy Markivich
MR Howard H. Callaway
LTC Walter N. Mcilwain
MSG Romeo J. Castonguay
CSM Sam B. Spears
BG John T. Corley
LTC James M. Stamper, Jr.
CSM Theron Gergen
1LT Mark J. Toschik
SGM Vladimir Jakovenko
SFC William T. Miles, Jr.

12th Annual (2004)
TSGT John A. 'Red' Acker
CSM Francisco G. Magana
Robert D. Bayne
Robert S. Mueller, III
SSG Harold G. Bennett
LTC Walter M. Sanders
Roger B. Brown
CSM Jimmie W. Spencer
CW4 Charles W. Caruth
GEN Carl W. Stiner
CPT George M. Gividen
MAJ James G. Storter
LTC Christopher M. Gooch
Mr. E. Paul Voorhees
BG James A. Herbert
TSGT Grant J. Hirabayashi
CSM George Horvath

13th Annual (2005)
MSG Harold L. Rinard
GEN Hugh H. Shelton 
CW4 Cleveland Valrey
CSM Fredrick E. Weekley
SSG Danny Lee Jacks
1SG Tom W. Wilburn
COL William Palmer
SSG Tom Robison
COL Rodney J. Wijas
MAJ James V. Kimsey 
BG David L. Grange
CSM Jesse G. Laye
COL John T. Keneally
1LT Jack L. Knight
CPT John F. Murphy
COL Robert L. Howard
COL Sidney A. Salomon
T4 Ulysses Auger

HONORARY INDUCTEE
Mr. B.G. Burkett

14th Annual (2006)
COL Brian Pentecost
MAJ Harold L. Barber
CPT Eugene Madison
MG John Alison
MG Michael J. Nardotti
MG John K. Singlaub
MG John G. Van Houten
CPT Micheal Ranger
CSM Charles Waters
CSM Kevin Connell
GEN. William Kernan
SGT Robert L. Bryan
SGT Thomas E. Herring
1LT James Gardner (MOH)
LTC Albert Welch  
MAJ Charles Carrier 
Mr. James Marshall
Mr. Tom Hanks

15th Annual (2007)
Master Sgt. George I. Beach
Sgt. 1st Class Roy Boatman
Lt. Col. Alvin H. Buckelew
Lt. Gen. Charles W. “Bill” Dyke
Sgt. John W. Franklin
1st Sgt. Stanley Karbowski
Brig. Gen. William J. Leszczynski Jr.
Brig. Gen. James E. Mace Sr.
Capt. Gordon H. Mansfield
Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey
Maj. William Musegades
Capt. Vincent H. Okamoto
Capt. Thomas Wilson Pusser
Maj. Gen. Edison E. Scholes
Col. Stanley Shaneyfelt
Master Sgt. Gilbert M. Berg
Sgt. Tom Biggs

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