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De Fleury Medal
The De Fleury Medal, an award of the US Army Engineer Association, was named in honor of François-Louis Teissèdre de Fleury, a French Engineer in the Continental Army. In the late 1980s, as the Corps of Engineers implemented the U.S. Army Regimental System, the senior Engineer leadership sought a method for the Corps to honor those individuals who have provided significant contributions to Army Engineering. The Army Regimental System was developed to emphasize the history, customs, and traditions of the Corps; so MG Daniel R. Schroeder, then Commanding General of Fort Leonard Wood and US Army Engineer School Commandant, wanted an award that would tie in with the beginnings of the nation and the Army Corps of Engineers. The Engineer Regiment adopted the de Fleury Medal as an award because of the values demonstrated by the man for whom it was struck – values of special meaning to Engineer Soldiers. When the first de Fleury medal was awarded in 1989, it became the first Congressional medal struck, though not the first Congressional medal authorized. Medal descriptionOn the obverse of the medal is a Latin inscription meaning: "A MEMORIAL AND REWARD FOR COURAGE AND BOLDNESS". In the center appears the image of a helmeted soldier standing amidst the ruins of a fort, holding in his right hand an unsheathed sword, and in his left the staff of the enemy's flag, which he tramples underfoot. On the reverse, again in Latin: "FORTIFICATIONS, MARSHES, ENEMIES OVERCOME". In the center the fortress at Stony Point is depicted with both turrets and a flag flying. At the base of the hill are two shore batteries, one of which is firing at one of six vessels on the Hudson River. Beneath the fort is the legend: "STONY POINT CARRIED BY STORM, JULY 15, 1779". Levels of de Fleury MedalsThe Engineer Regiment makes four award levels of the de Fleury Medal.
Presentation of the de Fleury Medal, to those individuals meeting established criteria, was started by the Engineer Regiment as the move of the Engineer School from Fort Belvoir, Virginia to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri was completed in 1989. The gold medal presentation is the highlight of the annual Engineer Regimental Dinner held at Fort Leonard Wood each spring. Gold Medal recipients1989 – John O. Marsh, Jr. Secretary of the Army 1990 – Robert W. Page Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works 1991 – GEN Maxwell R. Thurman, USA Retired 1992 – GEN Andrew J. Goodpaster, USA Retired 1993 – LTG Emerson C. Itschner, USA Retired 1994 – Mr. John B. Mahaffey Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army 1995 – LTG Frederick J. Clarke, USA Retired 1996 – SMA Leon L. Van Autreve, USA Retired 1997 – LTG John W. Morris, USA Retired 1998 – Mr. Allen M. Carton 1999 – Ike Skelton Congressman, State of Missouri 2000 – LTG Julius W. Becton, Jr., USA Retired and CSM Robert W. Elkey, (Posthumous) 2001 – LTG Max W. Noah, USA Retired and COL Claude L. Roberts, Jr., (Posthumous) 2002 – MG Richard S. Kem, USA Retired 2003 – Daniel K. Inouye Senator, State of Hawaii 2004 – COL Edward C. Gibson, USA Retired 2005 – LTG Daniel R. Schroeder, USA Retired 2006 – MG John G. Waggener, USA Retired and SFC Paul Ray Smith (Posthumous) 2007 – LTG Elvin R. "Vald" Heiberg III, USA Retired 2008 – LTG Robert B. Flowers, USA Retired 2009 – LTG Henry J. Hatch and Kisuk (Charlie) Cheung (Posthumous) 2010 – Dr Lewis E. Link, PhD 2011 – COL Carl F. Baswell, USA Retired and GEN Eric Shinseki, USA Retired 2012 – GEN David H. Petraeus, USA Retired and COL John M. Morgan, USA Retired 2013 – The Honorable Robert M. Gates and CSM Julius Nutter, USA Retired 2014 – MG Merdith W.B. "Bo" Temple, USA Retired and Frank M. Weinberg[1] 2015 – BG Gerry Galloway, PhD, USA Retired and LTG Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr., USA Retired[2] 2016 – Robert K. Dawson and MG Harold J. Greene (Posthumous) 2017 – CSM (Ret) Robert Winzenried, 9th CSM of the Corps of Engineers and the Honorable Rodney Frelinghuysen, Representative of the State of New Jersey 2018 – MG (Ret) Clair Gill, Fort Leonard Wood CDR and The Honorable Trent Kelly, Representative of the State of Mississippi 2019 – COL (Ret) James Rowan, Deputy CMDT USAES and GEN (Ret) Frank Grass, 27th Chief of National Guard 2020 – The Honorable Grace F. Napolitano, Representative of the State of California 2021 – LTG Todd T. Semonite, USA Retired 2022 – Tom Carper Senator, State of Delaware 2023 – LTG Jeffrey W. Talley, USA Retired 2024 – SFC Christopher A. Celiz (Posthumous) References
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