Exceptional Service Medallion

"Exceptional Service Medal" redirects here. For the NASA award, see NASA Exceptional Service Medal.

The Exceptional Service Medallion is a civilian decoration of the United States government. It is awarded by the Central Intelligence Agency in recognition of "an employee's injury or death resulting from service in a hazardous area."^[1] It was previously known as the Exceptional Service Emblem.

Exceptional Service Medallion
Awarded for	"injury or death resulting from service in an area of hazard."
Country	United States of America
Presented by	Central Intelligence Agency
Eligibility	Employees of the Central Intelligence Agency
Formerly called	Exceptional Service Emblem
Precedence
Next (higher)	Intelligence Commendation Medal
Next (lower)	Hostile Action Service Medal
Related	Purple Heart, Defense of Freedom Medal

Recipients

• John T. Downey (1974)
• James A. Rawlings (1976)^[2]
• John Anthony Celli III (1997)^[3]
• Johnny Micheal Spann (2001)
• Helge Boes (2003)

See also

• Awards and decorations of the United States government