Louisiana Law Enforcement Medal of Honor Program Recipients

1998 Medal of Honor Recipients

Trooper Hung N. Le
Louisiana State Police

Sergeant George “Doug” Johnston
Louisiana State Police

Deputy Sheriff Billy Wayne McIntosh
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office

1999 Medal of Honor Recipients

Officer Johnnie Mae Clanton
New Orleans Police Department

Deputy Allen L. Heitzler
East Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office

Officer Ronald Medeiros
Killian Police Department

Deputy James M. Phillips
Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff’s Office

Deputy Troy A. Ratcliff
Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office

Deputy Milton Sean Theriot
Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office

Deputy Ernest “Buddy” Willis
Allen Parish Sheriff’s Office

2000 Medal of Honor Recipients

Deputy James Ronald “Ron” Courville
St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office

Deputy Terry Lynn Cox
Cameron Parish Sheriff’s Office

Captain John Garlington
LA Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries

Captain Herman Harris
Louisiana Department of Corrections

Chief Michael Kahl, Sr.
Gramercy Police Department

Captain David Charles Knapps
Louisiana Department of Corrections

Officer Burton J. LeBlanc
Jennings Police Department

Sergeant Nolan M. Williamson
East Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office

2001 Medal of Honor Recipients

Officer Chad Lee Elkins
New Iberia Police Department

Deputy John Albert Mayfield
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office

2002 Medal of Honor Recipients

Assistant Chief Hector M. “Chino” Gomez
Marion Police Department

Officer Christopher Russell
New Orleans Police Department

Officer Edmond “Skipper” Songy, Jr.
St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office

2003 Medal of Honor Recipients

Officer Jeremy Carruth
Alexandria Police Department

Detective Chaney Champagne
Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office

Deputy Marshall Glen Devanie
Alexandria City Marshall’s Office

Officer David Ezernack
Alexandria Police Department

Sergeant Kurt “Woody” Harrelson
Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office

Detective Randy Smith
Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office

Officer Randall Spearman
Folsom Police Department

2004 Medal of Honor Recipients

Officer LaToya Nicole Johnson
New Orleans Police Department

Officer Alva R. Simmons
New Orleans Police Department

Officer George A. Tessier, III
New Orleans Police Department

Lieutenant Vickie Wax
Baton Rouge Police Department

Lieutenant Sidney Zaffuto
Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff’s Office

2006 Medal of Honor Recipients

Deputy Jeffery D. Bickham
Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office

Maurice Glen Brignac
Evangeline Sheriff’s Office

Lieutenant Herman W. Brooks
DeRidder Police Department

Captain Octavio Gonzalez
St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office

Sergeant Rogelio “Roy” Gonzalez, Jr.
Franklin Parish Sheriff’s Office

Officer Trey Michael Hutchison
Bossier City Police

Chief Bill J. “Putt” Linder
Wisner Police Department

Senior Agent Jim Matkin
LDWF

Officer Terry Melancon, Jr.
Baton Rouge Police Department

Sergeant Jeremy Newchurch
Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office

2007 Medal of Honor Recipients

Officer Brian Keith Coleman
Alexandria Police Department

Officer Christopher John Doyle, III
New Orleans Police Department

Sergeant Ronald Alan Inzer
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office

DFC Hilery Alexander Mayo, Jr.
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office

Corporal Christopher Michael Metternich
Baton Rouge Police Department

Deputy Joshua Everett Norris
Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office

Sergeant Linden Albert “Beau” Raimer
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office

Chief David Gerald Richard
Port Barre Police Department

Sergeant John R. Smith
Bastrop Police Department

Sergeant Charles D. “Chuck” Wilson, Jr.
Bastrop Police Department

2008 Medal of Honor Recipients

Sergeant Thelonious A. Dukes, Sr.
New Orleans Police Department

Officer Nicola D. Cotton
New Orleans Police Department

Captain Keith P. Chiasson
Thibodaux Police Department

2009-2010 Medal of Honor Recipients

Corporal Mark A. Beck
Baton Rouge Police Department

Deputy Sheriff Martha W. Shareef
Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office

Deputy Sheriff Jeremy K. Carter
Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office

Deputy Sheriff Richard J. Stiles, Jr.
East Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office

Detective Robert E. Beane
Beauregard Parish Sheriff’s Office

2011 Medal of Honor Recipients

Officer Alfred Celestain
New Orleans Police Department

Trooper Duane Dalton
Louisiana State Police

Sergeant Thomas Alexander
Rayville Police Department

Sergeant Timothy C. Prunty
Shreveport Police Department

Major Timothy J. Bergeron
Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office

Corporal J.R. Searcy
Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office

2012 Medal of Honor Recipients

Officer Russell A. George
Ball Police Department

Corporal John Ray Kendall
Louisiana Department of Public Safety Police

Sergeant Paul B. Stuckey
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

2013 Medal of Honor Recipients

Deputy Randall L. Benoit
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office

Deputy Brandon Nielsen
St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office

Deputy Jeremy Triche
St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office

Deputy Ricky Issac Jr.
Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office

2014 Medal of Honor Recipients

Sergeant Frederick Albert “Rick” Riggenbach
Chitimacha Tribal Police Department

Deputy Steven George Netherland
Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office

Officer II Rodney Renee Thomas
New Orleans Police Department

Deputy Jeff Garrett Watson
St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office

Deputy Dustin Blake Hamilton
East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office

Assistant Warden Peggy Lee Sylvester
Opelousas Police Department

2015 Medal of Honor Recipients

Deputy Carlos Papillion, Jr.
St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office

Deputy Allen Morris Bares, Jr.
Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office

Officer James E. Foster, Jr.
Denham Springs Police Department