Editing Randy Shughart (section)

==Awards and decorations==
SFC Shughart's awards and decorations include:<ref name=RDS>{{cite web|title=Randall D. Shughart, Sergeant First Class|url=http://www.veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=210|website=veterantributes.org|accessdate=August 27, 2022}}</ref><ref name="june94 congress">{{USCongRec|1994|E13389|date=16 June 1994}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20220812063432/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-1994-06-16/html/CREC-1994-06-16-pt1-PgE41.htm Archived]</ref>
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|colspan="12"|[[Combat Infantryman Badge]] with star (denoting second award)<ref name=RDS/>
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|colspan="5"|[[Medal of Honor]]<!--note, there was a bronze star listed in the congress record mentioned after the MoH ceremony.....but it's not mentioned elsewhere so I'm unsure about it-->
|colspan="5"|[[Purple Heart]]
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|colspan="4"|[[Meritorious Service Medal (United States)|Meritorious Service Medal]]
|colspan="4"|[[Army Commendation Medal]]
|colspan="4"|[[Achievement Medal|Army Achievement Medal]] with oak leaf cluster
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|colspan="4"|[[Good Conduct Medal (United States)|Army Good Conduct Medal]], 5 awards
|colspan="4"|[[National Defense Service Medal]]<!--visible on uniform-->
|colspan="4"|[[Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal]]<!--visible on uniform-->
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|colspan="4"|[[Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon]] with Award numeral 3<!--visible on uniform-->
|colspan="4"|[[Army Service Ribbon]]<!--visible on uniform-->
|colspan="4"|[[United Nations Medal]]{{citation needed |date=August 2022 |reason=not visible on uniform, not 100% sure because TF Ranger wasn't a UN force under UNOSOM}}
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|colspan="4"| [[Parachutist Badge (United States)#Master Parachutist Badge|Master Parachutist Badge]]
|colspan="4"| [[Military Freefall Parachutist Badge]]
|colspan="4"| [[Marksmanship badges (United States)#U.S. Army|Expert Marksmanship badge]] with rifle component bar
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|colspan="6"| [[Special Forces Tab]]
|colspan="6"| [[Ranger Tab#Ranger Tab|Ranger Tab]]
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|colspan="6"| [[Joint Meritorious Unit Award]]
|colspan="6"| [[Valorous Unit Award]]
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=== Medal of Honor ===
On May 23, 1994, Shughart and Gordon were posthumously decorated with the Medal of Honor for protecting the crew of Super Six Four. They were the first Medal of Honor recipients since the [[Vietnam War]].<ref name=AMOHW>{{cite web|access-date=June 8, 2009|url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/somalia.html|title=Medal of Honor recipients|work=American Medal of Honor recipients for Somalia|publisher=[[United States Army Center of Military History]]|date=June 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221032003/https://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/somalia.html |archive-date=21 December 2007}}</ref>

Herbert Shughart, Randall Shughart's father, attended the Medal of Honor presentation ceremony at the [[White House]], where he refused to shake hands with U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]].<ref name="whceremony">{{Cite news |last=Perlez |first=Jane |author-link=Jane Perlez |date=28 December 2000 |title=For 8 Years, a Strained Relationship With the Military |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/28/politics/28LEGA.html |access-date=18 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527141817/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/28/us/for-8-years-a-strained-relationship-with-the-military.html |archive-date=27 May 2015}}</ref> He then proceeded to openly criticize the president, telling him, "You are not fit to be president of the United States. The blame for my son's death rests with the White House and with you. You are not fit to command."<ref name="herbertshughart">{{Cite news |last=Adams |first=James |date=May 29, 1994 |title=Dead Hero's Father Tears into Clinton |work=[[Sunday Times]] |url=http://www.urbin.net/EWW/polyticks/pres-mil.html |access-date=March 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010503194829/https://www.urbin.net/EWW/polyticks/pres-mil.html |archive-date=3 May 2001}}</ref>

===Medal of Honor citation===
[[File:cmoh army.jpg|70px|left|alt=A light blue neck ribbon with a gold star shaped medallion hanging from it. The ribbon is similar in shape to a bowtie with 13 white stars in the center of the ribbon.]]
{{blockquote|Sergeant First Class Shughart, United States Army, distinguished himself by actions above and beyond the call of duty on 3 October 1993, while serving as a Sniper Team Member, United States Army Special Operations Command with Task Force Ranger in Mogadishu, Somalia. Sergeant First Class Shughart provided precision sniper fires from the lead helicopter during an assault on a building and at two helicopter crash sites, while subjected to intense automatic weapon fire and numerous rocket propelled grenades. While providing critical suppressive fire at the second crash site, Sergeant First Class Shughart and his team leader learned that ground forces were not immediately available to secure the site. Sergeant First Class Shughart and his team leader unhesitatingly volunteered to be inserted to protect the four critically wounded personnel, despite being well aware of the growing number of enemy personnel closing in on the site. After their third request to be inserted, Sergeant First Class Shughart and his team leader received permission to perform this volunteer mission. When debris and enemy ground fires at the site caused them to abort the first attempt, Sergeant First Class Shughart and his team leader were inserted one hundred meters south of the crash site. Equipped with only his sniper rifle and a pistol, Sergeant First Class Shughart and his team leader, while under intense fire from the enemy, fought their way through a dense maze of shanties and shacks to reach the critically injured crew members. Sergeant First Class Shughart pulled the pilot and the other crew members from the aircraft, establishing a perimeter which placed him and his fellow sniper in the most vulnerable position. Sergeant First Class Shughart used his long range rifle and side arm to kill an undetermined number of attackers while traveling the perimeter, protecting the downed crew. Sergeant First Class Shughart continued his protective fire until he depleted his ammunition and was fatally wounded. His actions saved the pilot's life. Sergeant First Class Shughart's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest standards of military service and reflect great credit upon him-self, his unit and the United States Army.}}

===USNS ''Shughart''===
[[File:USNS Shughart.jpg|thumb|Roll-on/roll-off ship ''Shughart'']]
In 1997, the Navy named [[RORO|roll-on/roll-off]] ship {{USNS|Shughart|T-AKR-295|}} in a ceremony at the [[National Steel and Shipbuilding Company]], [[San Diego]]. The ceremony was attended by a number of officers and politicians including Shughart's commanding officer at the time of his death; [[John W. Douglass]], [[Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)|Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition]]; Senator [[Bob Kerrey]]; and others. The ship was the first "Large Medium Speed Roll On/Roll Off (LMSR) ship" to undergo conversion from a commercial container vessel to a sealift cargo ship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cargo Ship Shughart (T-AKR 295) Named After Medal of Honor recipient |url=http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/auxiliaries/shughart/naming.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302064812/http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/auxiliaries/shughart/naming.txt |archive-date=March 2, 2007 |access-date=March 12, 2007 |website=[[Navy Office of Information West]] |format=Text file}}</ref>

===Memorial Bridge===
The [[Pennsylvania Route 641]] bridge over the [[Big Spring Creek (Pennsylvania)]] was dedicated May 30, 2024 as the SFC Randall Shughart Memorial Bridge. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Gleim to Host Dedication Ceremony of SFC Randall Shughart Memorial Bridge |url=https://www.repgleim.com/News/34172/Press-Releases/Gleim-to-Host-Dedication-Ceremony-of-SFC-Randall-Shughart-Memorial-Bridge-|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716123517/https://www.repgleim.com/News/34172/Press-Releases/Gleim-to-Host-Dedication-Ceremony-of-SFC-Randall-Shughart-Memorial-Bridge-|archive-date=16 July 2024|access-date=16 July 2024|website=PA State Representative Barb Gleam Press Release}}</ref>