After all the disgraceful crap of the last 3 weeks, this Silver Star w/V bullshit has right royally pissed me off. So I took the post from "sadly, no!" as a starting point, did a little more net-searching, and came up with the following. Note: I don't have access to any of the fancy-schmancy subscription search tools -- I used Google, Altavista, and Yahoo. I have a dial-up connection, so it took me about an hour.
These men served from Korea to Somalia, in every branch of the military except USAF. Many of the articles are obits or memorials, some are official military or gov't sites, some are from newspapers, others are personal web pages. 1 or 2 instances could possibly be mistakes or exaggerations, but 22?!? From a most rudimentary, superficial search? I think not.
Each of these links is to a soldier who was awarded a Silver Star with combat V, with rank (if given), name, date (if given), and branch of service.
Sgt. Mike Murphy; 1969-09-13; (?USMC?)
SMC Glen A. Braden; Pre-1972; (USN)
Col G.F.Robert Hanke; Pre-1984; (USMC)
EPNCN H.G. Hodges; 1968-01-14; (USN)
Sgt "Buddy" Haskell; May 1967; (USMC)
Sgt David Stuart Hungerford; Pre-1971; (USA)
Staff Sgt Raymond Bittinger; 2004-04-09; (USA)
Col Stan Peterson; Pre-1969; (USA)
??? Manny Garcia; UNK; (USA)
Master Gunnery Sergeant John Shablack; UNK; (USMC)
MSG Ricardo A. Garcia; Pre-1972; (USA)
Cdr Ralph E Gaither; Pre-1973; (USN)
HSCM W. Michael Olmstead; Pre-1973; (USCG)
CWO4 Dan Jasinski; Pre-1979; (USMC)
??? Michael Belardi; Pre-1970; (USA)
1LT Tom DiTomasso; 1993-10-03; (USA)
??? James Drappeaux; Pre-1970; (USMC)
??? Gary Lee Fox; Pre-1972; (USMC)
SP/4 Randal Lee Evans; Pre-1970; (USA)
Sgt Douglas Eugene Hall; UNK; (USA)
??? Dennis Kilgore; Pre-1976; (USA)
Photo of unidentified soldier receiving Silver Star w/V