
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
2023 Medal of Honor Recipients

Officer Brian Douglas Olliff
Natchitoches Police Department

Sgt. Nicholas Wayne Tullier
East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office

K9 Kano
Slidell PD