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USASOC's shoulder sleeve insignia worn by Delta operators.
Eldon A. Bargewell: Retired Lieutenant General. Former Commander of Delta Force from 1996 to 1998. Served multiple tours of duty withMACVSOG duringVietnam War.[1]
William G. Boykin: Retired Lieutenant General. Former Commander of Delta Force from 1992 to 1994, including service in Somalia during theBattle of Mogadishu.
William "Chief" Carlson (1959 - 2003): joined Delta Force in the mid-1990s after serving in the 75th Ranger Regiment and Army special forces. While working with the CIA'sSpecial Activities Center, he was killed in action on October 25, 2003, during a mission in Afghanistan, where he sacrificed himself to protect his team.[5][6][7]
David L. Grange: Former Commanding Officer of75th Ranger Regiment from 1991 to 1993. Served with Delta Force as Squadron Commander duringOperation Urgent Fury in 1983. Former Deputy Commander of Delta Force from June 1990 to July 1991.
Paul R. Howe: Delta Force veteran of Operation Just Cause in Panama and Operation Gothic Serpent. Awarded the Silver Star Medal for heroism duringBattle of Mogadishu in October 1993.[12]
Mark J. O'Neil: Retired Major General. Former Commander of Delta Force from 2009 to 2011. Served multiple tours of duty with 1st SFOD-D including Troop and Squadron Commander.
Thomas Payne: A Sergeant Major in Delta Force. When he was a Sergeant First Class, he was involved in a hostage rescue on the 22 October 2015 at an ISIS prison in Kirkuk, Iraq, which about 70 Iraqi prisoners were rescued and Delta Force MSG Joshua Wheeler was killed in action. For his action, he was awardedDistinguished Service Cross, which was later upgraded to theMedal of Honor, and awarded 11 September 2020. Sergeant Major Payne would be the first living Delta Force Medal of Honor recipient, the third Delta Force Medal of Honor recipient after MSG Gary Gordon and SFC Randy Shughart who died in the1993 Battle of Mogadishu, and the first Medal of Honor recipient ofOperation Inherent Resolve.[13][14]
Christopher Speer (1973–2002 †): A U.S. Armycombat medic in 1st SFOD-D.Wounded in action, on 27 July 2002, in Afghanistan, duringOperation Enduring Freedom. Later died atRamstein Air Base, Germany on 6 August 2002, and received international attention after his killer and Canadian citizenOmar Khadr (who was 15 years old at the time of Speer's death) was imprisoned and allegedly tortured by the United States, violating Canadian child soldier amnesty laws.[17]
Mike R. Vining: Retired Sergeant Major in Delta Force, serving in the unit from its inception in 1978 to 1999. Part of the inaugural class of the Operator Training Course.[18][19]
Joshua Wheeler†): Master Sergeant in Delta Force, andSilver Star recipient (posthumously) who was the first American service member killed in action as a result of enemy fire while fightingISIS militants. He was also the first American to be killed in action in Iraq since November 2011.[21][22]
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