Texas SAR Recipients of the Patriot Medal
The Patriot Medal is awarded only by a state society. It is the highest award given for service at the state or chapter level. This medal is presented only to individuals and may be received ONLY once. It represents long, faithful and outstanding service at the state and/or chapter level.
The medal is sterling silver and bears the portrait of Compatriot General of the Army Douglas MacArthur on the obverse within the inscription, "The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution." The reverse is inscribed "Awarded to for Patriotic Service by the Society SAR, 20". The medal is suspended from a chest ribbon of royal blue color. The design for the medal was selected by Compatriot MacArthur. He received the first medal, presented posthumously at his tomb in Norfolk, Virginia, on October 19, 1964, where it is on permanent display.
Note: A Patriot Medal Nomination Form is available on the private site.
* Denotes Deceased
Year | Compatriot | Chapter |
2024 | Kermit L. Breed | PineyWoods |
Mark H. Harrison | Dallas | |
Frank L. Kebelman | San Antonio | |
David A. Kinsey | McKinney | |
John E. Ray | McKinney | |
Richard L. Zdunkewicz | Paul Carrington | |
2023 | Thomas E. Carswell, Jr. | Hill Country |
Kevin L. Kanter | San Antonio | |
Jerry W. Pinkerton | Dallas | |
Robert D. Smith MD PHD | Hill Country | |
Charles R. Wagner | Paul Carrington | |
Rodney Weems | Cradle of Texas | |
2022 | Michael J. Bailey | Cradle of Texas |
Ron W. Brown | Alexander Hodge | |
Frank H. Pounders | Dallas | |
Ronald J. Turner | Maj K. M. Van Zandt | |
Thomas F. Van Fossen | Dallas | |
Dustin S. Whittenburg | San Antonio | |
2021 | William L. Adriance | Bernardo de Galvez |
Louis P. Colatoni | William Hightower | |
William Moore Hurst Jr. | Edmund Terrill | |
Jack Allen Muggli | Robert Rankin | |
Melvin L. Oller | Freedom | |
Larry David Spradlin | Col. Turner Sharpe | |
2020 | Leslie Anderson | East Fork Trinity |
Albert Lee Gibson | Hill Country | |
James M. Kuykendall | Freedom | |
Benjamin C. Pollard | Panhandle Plains | |
Blair G. Rudy | William Hightower | |
William E. Sekel Jr. | Athens | |
2019 | John Anderson | Arlington |
Lawrence Michael Connelley | Maj. K. M. Van Zandt | |
John Hamlin * | Barnardo de Galvez | |
Robert A. Kittrell | Dallas | |
Gary W. Lovell | East Fork Trinity | |
Reeves R. D. Winn | Texas Tech | |
2018 | Jim Walter Barkley | Hill Country |
James “Jim” R. Clements | Patrick Henry | |
Wayne A. Courreges, Jr. | Patrick Henry | |
Stuart “Stu” G. Hoyt | William Hightower | |
Billy G. Whatley | Bernarado de Galvez | |
2017 | Larry H. Blackburn, Ph.D. | PineyWoods |
H. Allen Greene, II | Robert Rankin | |
John P. "Pete" Lenes | Bernardo de Galvez | |
Arthur G. Munford, DDS | Victoria | |
Walter W. Thomas | East Fork Trinity | |
2016 | Ronald K. Carter | Arlington |
Gerry Geiger | Maj. K. M. Van Zandt | |
Terry L. "TL" Holden * | Edmund Terrill | |
Jimmie D. Massingill | San Antonio | |
2015 | Lawrence K. Casey, Jr. | Paul Revere |
Samuel P. Massey, Jr. | Paul Carrington | |
Tracy A. Pounders | Dallas | |
Ricardo Ramirez | Laredo | |
Ronald J. (Ron) Walcik | Heart Of Texas | |
2014 | Harmon L. Adair, Jr. | East Fork Trinity |
Gerald W. Irion | Hill Country | |
Marvin B. Morgan | Patrick Henry | |
Daniel B. Stauffer | Alexander Hamilton | |
Henry Joseph “Hank” Voegtle | Dallas | |
2013 | Peter T. Baron Jr. | San Antonio |
John C. Beard | PineyWoods | |
Robert S. Cohen PhD | Independence | |
Thomas I. Jackson | Robert Rankin | |
David J. Temple | Dallas | |
2012 | Robert D. Northcraft | Dallas |
Drake M. Peddie | Plano | |
Frank G. Rohrbough | San Antonio | |
Gary N. Sisson | Dallas | |
John K. Thompson | Freedom | |
2011 | Stephen W. Lee * | Cpt. William Barron |
Peter N. McLellan | McKinney | |
James E. Mitchell | PineyWoods | |
H. Dan Reed | Plano | |
Rev. James C. Taylor | San Antonio | |
2010 | Russell M. Dart | Cradle of Texas |
George W. Harcourt | San Antonio | |
Edwin L. Raines | Robert Rankin | |
Winston J. Scott | Hill Country | |
Larry G. Stevens | PineyWoods | |
2009 | James E. Alderman | Maj. K. M. Van Zandt |
Robert M. Clark, Jr. | Dallas | |
Arthur H. Hall | Athens | |
Charles E. Luna * | Athens | |
James T. Jones, Jr. | PineyWoods | |
2008 | H. Charles Baker, Ph.D., P.E. * | Dallas |
Raymond W. Cox | PineyWoods | |
Wendell E. Edwards * | Amb. Fletcher Warren | |
Peter H. Rowley * | Plano | |
Arnold John Seidule, Jr. | Cradle of Texas | |
2007 | J. Mark Hansen | Dallas |
Col. William H. Holcombe, Jr. * | Col. Turner Sharp | |
Thomas E. Lawrence | Paul Carrington | |
Donald L. Stone, Jr. | Freedom | |
Thomas M. Whitelock | Dallas | |
2006 | Donald W. Pugh * | Cradle of Texas |
Charles R. Faulkner * | Cradle of Texas | |
Michael J. Everheart * | Cpt. William Barron | |
Michael J. Radcliff | Plano | |
Ralph L. McDowell | Dallas | |
2005 | Donald P. Goodman * | Maj. K. M. Van Zandt |
Wayne D. Justiss * | William Hightower | |
Robert B. Lewis, Jr. | Plano | |
Stephen W. Rohrbough | San Antonio | |
William K. Walker * | McKinney | |
2004 | Thomas B. Green * | William Hightower |
James E. Heath, PhD * | Bluebonnet | |
James J. Johnson, D.Ed. * | Denton | |
John W. Knox | Patrick Henry | |
Samuel J. Whitten, Jr. | Athens | |
2003 | Edward F. Butler | San Antonio |
Harry M. Fife, Jr. * | Athens | |
Lynn E. Fussell * | Plano | |
Robert R. Truitt * | Maj. K.M. Van Zandt | |
John R. Wilmeth * | San Antonio | |
2002 | W. Roy Adams * | Capt. William Barron |
Lovell W. Aldrich | Alexander Hodge | |
John L. Greer | Plano | |
M. Douglas Harper, Jr. | Paul Carrington | |
Clifford V. Slagle * | Dallas | |
2001 | William M. Dingwall, Jr. | Col. Turner Sharp |
John Harrell * | San Antonio | |
C. Norman Jennings | Liberty | |
Donald G. Pray * | Maj. K.M. Van Zandt | |
Henry L. Rather * | Dallas | |
2000 | Richard F. Arnold * | Dallas |
A. Eugene Divine * | Brazos Valley | |
J. Richard Hudson * | Hill Country | |
John D. Morton * | Freedom | |
Nathan E. White, Jr. | Plano | |
1999 | Dr. Louis E. Haley * | San Antonio |
Maj. John C. Lee * | William Hightower | |
William M. Marrs * | Heart of Texas | |
James G. Robertson * | Athens | |
LTC William N. Todd * | Patrick Henry | |
1998 | Talmadge E. Booth * | East Texas |
Jeffery M. Meadows * | PineyWoods | |
Richard L. Robinett * | William Hightower | |
John B. Stepp, Jr., Th.D * | Mesquite | |
George T. West * | Panhandle Plains | |
1997 | Thomas M. Green * | PineyWoods |
Guy W. Leach * | Panhandle Plains | |
Emmet Parkerson, Jr. * | Houston | |
Delbert L. Taylor * | Edmund Terrill | |
Col. Joseph M. Ware | San Antonio | |
1996 | Robert W. Coker * | Capt. William Barron |
David S. Crymes | Big Country | |
L. Reed Dillon * | San Antonio | |
John C. Haughton | Plano | |
Charles Motz * | William Hightower | |
1995 | William N. Floyd, Jr., M.D. | Paul Carrington |
Allan M. Henshaw | Paul Carrington | |
Glen Maples * | Panhandle Plains | |
LTC Gerald A. Wilke * | Hill Country | |
1994 | B. Rice Aston * | Paul Carrington |
C.R. Harrington * | Liberty | |
James M. Head, Jr. * | Arlington | |
Ralph L. Smith, Jr. | Blaine C. Willhoite, Sr. | |
1993 | Joseph M. Clark * | Houston |
Ross L. Shipman * | San Antonio | |
Wilbur S. Strong * | Plano | |
W.E. (Buck) Tinsley * | Patrick Henry | |
1992 | Delbert M. Fowler * | Dallas |
Samuel S. Griffin * | Liberty | |
Harry C. Long * | San Antonio | |
Clell L. Sechrest * | Cradle of Texas | |
1991 | Frank A. Gibson * | Patrick Henry |
E.A. Limmer * | Heart of Texas | |
Allen Early * | Panhandle Plains | |
E. Graham Martin, Jr. * | Capt. William Barron | |
1990 | Fred E. Eubanks | Hill Country |
Billy E. Hightower * | William Hightower | |
Hartzell O. Stephens * | Waco | |
Madison B. Wright, Jr. * | Paul Carrington | |
1989 | Howard G. Jesse | Hill Country |
Charles G. Jones * | Patrick Henry | |
Frank Watkins * | Hill Country | |
T. David Yeilding, PhD * | Heart of Texas | |
1988 | C.O. Buckellew | Heart of Texas |
James L. Guest * | Paul Carrington | |
David H. Peterson * | Bernardo de Galvez | |
John M. Wright Jr. * | Dallas | |
1987 | Robert L. Kurth, M.D. * | Lt. Nathan Gann |
Rev. C. Rogers McLain | Maj. K.M. Van Zandt | |
James A. York * | Paul Carrington | |
1986 | William R. Eddleman * | Dallas |
Robert F. Ritchie * | Dallas | |
Charles B. Morgan * | Panhandle Plains | |
1985 | George H. Brandau * | Paul Carrington |
E. Marshall Hunter * | Capt. William Barron | |
George W. Tate | Hill Country | |
Robert N. Winston * | Patrick Henry | |
1984 | Thomas F. Bresnehen * | San Antonio |
Joseph F. Blanton * | Paul Carrington | |
Robert C. Tumey, Sr. | Patrick Henry | |
1982 | Kenneth E. Ingram * | San Antonio |
Lloyd D. Bockstruck * | Dallas | |
1981 | Dan B. Meadows, III, D.V.M. | San Antonio |
1980 | Alfred H. Benjamin * | Dallas |
Clovis H. Brakebill * | Dallas | |
Wallace E. Lowrey * | Capt. John McAdams | |
1979 | Richard L. Denham | Dallas |
1978 | Louis J. Rumaggi * | Dallas |
James E. Meadows, Sr. * | Houston | |
1977 | William T. Barron * | Patrick Henry |
Elmer Ware Stahl * | San Antonio | |
1976 | Raymond P. Swafford * | Major White & Texas Tech |
William G. Simmons * | Corpus Christi | |
George W. Stanley * | Paul Carrington | |
1974 | Neil F. Amsler | Houston |
Joe M. Hill, Jr. * | Dallas | |
1973 | Robert L. Sonfield * | Houston |
1972 | Oliver B. Chamberlain * | San Antonio |
Walter G. Sterling * | Houston | |
Dr. David A. Wood * | Permian Basin | |
1971 | Joseph B. Latimer * | Dallas |
R.S.D. Lockwood * | San Antonio | |
Joe M. Hill, Sr. * | Dallas | |
Thomas T. Currie * | Houston | |
Gen. Graber Kidwell * | Dallas | |
1970 | Weaver Moore * | Houston |
1969 | Benjamin D. Baldwin * | Lt. Mordecai Baldwin |
Turner R. Sharp * | Turner R. Sharp | |
1968 | Adrein F. Drouilhet * | Major White |
1966 | Anton J. Frank * | Paul Carrington |