Medal No. Awarded To Date GO No
1 1LT James O. Conway 15 Aug '58 20 (posthumous)
First Lieutenant James O Conway, a Massachusetts Air National Guard pilot with the 101st Fighter Squadron, 102nd Fighter Group, gave his life to protect the Bayswater Street neighborhood in East Boston on October 2, 1954. 1LT Conway remained at the controls of his disabled aircraft rather than abandon his plane and nosed it into a gravel seawall in order to avoid crashing into a row of homes, thereby giving his life to save others.
2 SP4 Ronald J. Roberts 16 Dec '78 42-4
On February 8, 1978 while on emergency state active duty in the city of Revere, SP4 Ronald J. Roberts rescued an elderly woman who was trapped, without heat or electricity, on the second floor of her house which was surrounded by three to four feet of icy water. Sergeant Robert L. Faticanti, together with SP4 Roberts, rowed a boat to within thirty feet of the house. Faticanti stayed with the boat to maneuver it away from currents which might have swept it away, while Roberts, in an insulated wet suit, moved by foot through the icy water to the house where he rescued the elderly woman. He carried her in his arms to the boat and lifted her to Sergeant Faticanti, who comforted the woman while Roberts pushed the boat some fifty feet to shore. SP4 Roberts suffered frostbite in the process. For his selfless action he was awarded the Massachusetts Medal of Valor, while Faticanti received the Massachusetts Medal of Merit.
3 SSG William D. Thomas 9 Dec '78 42-5
On 16 December 1977, Staff Sergeant William D. Thomas, HQs, 1-101 Infantry, 26th Infantry Division, along with Captain Brian F. Sullivan, the Race Relations/Equal Opportunity Officer from State Headquarters Massachusetts National Guard and a few other determined rescuers, pulled a motorist from his overturned and burning truck. The risk of explosion, which endangered the lives of all present, was imminent throughout the rescue and the truck burst into flames immediately after the driver was pulled free from the cabin.
4 2LT John M. Kretas 28 Dec '78 47-1
Second Lieutenant John M. Kretas, a Platoon Leader with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 181st Infantry (Mechanized), 26th Infantry Division, Massachusetts Army National Guard, at great personal risk, rescued two girls being held hostage in a burning dwelling on February 8, 1978, while on duty during the Blizzard of '78.
5 SP4 John D'Entremont 18 Jan '79 5-1
SP4 John D'Entremont, D Company, 114th Medical Battalion, 26th Infantry Division, Massachusetts Army National Guard, while on duty during the Blizzard of '78, climbed to an upper floor of a burning building, where he rescued a child and, while holding the youngster in his arms, jumped from a second floor fire escape into a snow bank below, thereby saving the child at the risk of his own life.
6 MSG Thomas A. Guenette 22 Mar '79 11-1
On 21 December 1978, Master Sergeant Thomas A. Guenette, Operations, Training and Readiness Specialist, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd, Brigade, 26th Infantry Division, Massachusetts Army National Guard, at great personal risk, stopped a run-a-way driverless 45 passenger bus. The vehicle was moving in a circular pattern, going about 20 miles an hour in reverse. MSG Guenette dove into the bus and brought it under control on the snow and ice covered pavement.
7 CPT Brian F. Sullivan 6 Nov '79 39-1
Captain Brian F. Sullivan, the Race Relations/Equal Opportunity Officer from State Headquarters Massachusetts National Guard, along with
Staff Sergeant William D. Thomas, HQs, 1-101 Infantry, 26th Infantry Division, and a few other determined rescuers, pulled a motorist from his overturned and burning truck on 16 December 1977. The risk of explosion, which endangered the lives of all present, was imminent throughout the rescue and the truck burst into flames immediately after the driver was pulled free from the cabin.
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8 MSG Carl W. Roth III 10 Oct '85 50-2
On 30 April 1985, Master Sergeant Carl W. Roth III, 102nd Fighter Wing, Otis ANG Base, Massachusetts Air National Guard, came upon an accident scene. A vehicle had gone out of control and landed upside down submerged in a reservoir in approximately six feet of water. MSG Roth dove into the water, opened the vehicle door and rescued one of the occupants by swimming with the victim to shore. MSG Roth then swam back to the submerged vehicle to attempt to rescue the second occupant without success.
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