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
2016 Medal of Honor Recipients
Officer James A. Bennett, Jr.
Housing Authority of New Orleans PD
Assistant Chief Carl Bordelon
Ball Police Department
Officer Vernell Brown, Jr.
New Orleans PD
Deputy Rodney Condall
Orleans Parish SO
Patrolman Juandre Gilliam, Sr.
Jeanerette Police Department
Officer Daryle Stephen Holloway
New Orleans PD
Officer Thomas J. LaValley
Shreveport Police Department
Officer Henry A. Nelson
Sunset Police Department
Senior Trooper Steven J. Vincent
Louisiana State Police
2017 Medal of Honor Recipients
Officer Shannon Matthew Brown, Sr.
Fenton Police Department
Sgt. David Kyle Elahi
Sterlington Police Department
Deputy Bradford “Brad” Allen Garafola
East Baton Rouge Parish SO
Officer Matthew Lane Gerald
Baton Rouge PD
Officer Natasha Maria Hunter
New Orleans PD
Cpl. Montrell Jackson
Baton Rouge PD
Officer Jude Williams Lewis
New Orleans PD
Detective David Michel
Jefferson Parish SO
Sgt. Derrick M. Mingo
Winnsboro PD
2018 Medal of Honor Recipients
Sgt. Shawn Thomas Anderson
East Baton Rouge Parish SO
Deputy Justin Levi Beard
Ouachita Parish SO
Officer Michael D. Louviere
Westwego PD
Officer Marcus Anthony McNeil
New Orleans PD
Cpl. Michael Paul Middlebrook
Lafayette PD
K9 Roscoe
Crowley PD
2019 Medal of Honor Recipients
Reserve Officer Christopher M. Lawton
Zachary PD
Officer Jason M. Seals
Slidell PD
Agent Cadet Immanuel James Washington, Sr.
Wildlife & Fisheries
Officer Ayrian Michelle Williams
Monroe PD
K9 Boco
Lincoln Parish SO
2020-2021 Medal of Honor Recipients
Trooper George Bowman Baker
Louisiana State Police
Officer Kejuane Artez Bates
Vidalia PD
Reserve Capt. Raymond Andrew Boseman
New Orleans PD
Agent Kaitlin Marie Cowley
Probation & Parole
Deputy Claude Winston Guillory
Jefferson Davis Parish SO
Sr. Officer Mark Albert Hall, Sr.
New Orleans PD
Lt. Loyd Ray Hamm
Richland Parish SO
Glenn Dale Hutto, Jr. (Lt.)
Baton Rouge PD
Vincent Nat Liberto, Jr. (Capt.)
Mandeville PD
Warden Wilmot Sandlin “Sandy” McCain
Dept. of Corrections
Deputy Kyle Melancon
Ascension Parish SO
Officer Chateri Alyse Payne
Shreveport PD
Deputy Kietrell Michael Pitts
Tangipahoa Parish SO
Deputy Donna Richardson-Below
DeSoto Parish SO
Cpl. Shane Michael Totty
Baton Rouge PD
Capt. Kevin P. Trahan
Church Point PD
MSgt. Henry Turner
Dept. of Corrections
Capt. Randy Michael Vallot
Richland Parish SO
Officer Marshall Lee Waters, Jr.
Mangham PD
Lt. Steven Dewayne Whitstine
East Baton Rouge Parish SO
Sr. Officer Sharon M. Williams
New Orleans PD
K9 King
Calcasieu Parish SO
2022 Medal of Honor Recipients
Detective Stephen Christopher Arnold
Jefferson Parish SO
Patrolman Austin Spencer Bush
Houma PD
Officer William Earl Collins, Jr.
Doyline PD
Officer Trey Copeland
Cotton Valley PD
Sgt. Charles F. Dotson
Baton Rouge PD
Master Trooper Adam Gaubert
Louisiana State Police
Officer Randy James Guidry
Youngsville PD
Reserve Deputy Constable Martinus Mitchum
2nd City Court of NO
Sgt. Theresa Elizabeth Simon
Slidell PD
K9 Ivar
Livingston Parish SO