General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1952 to 1956, presented the General Shepherd Trophy to the NBPRP in 1956. The trophy is a bronze replica of the Marine Corps War Memorial depicting the flag raising on Mount Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima World War II.
Awarded to: Marine competitor with the highest aggregate score National Trophy Individual Rifle Match and the National Trophy Rifle Team Match (Active or Reserve)
GENERAL SHEPHERD TROPHY WINNERS
INDIVIDUAL |
SCORE |
YEAR |
CPL B.H. WILLARD, USMC |
432 |
1956 |
TSGT JAMES E. HILL, USMC |
490 |
1957 |
TSGT MICHAEL PIETROFORTE, USMC |
494-36V |
1958 |
CPL CHARLES B. GALKOWSKI |
493 |
1959 |
GYSGT BEN L. HARSHMAN, USMC |
495 |
1960 |
SSGT DONALD G. BARKER, USMC |
498-48V |
1964 |
SSGT JACK A. TITTERINGTON, USMC |
493 |
1965 |
SSGT GERALD J. KUZUCH, USMC |
496 |
1966 |
SSGT ROBERT L. GOLLER, USMC |
955-25X |
1967 |
1SGT JOHN P. SCHWARTZ, USMC |
921-21X |
1969 |
MSG RUSSELL E. MARTIN, USMC |
974-20X |
1970 |
CWO2 MICHAEL PIETROFORTE, USMC |
972-25X |
1971 |
CWO2 ROBERT L. GOLLER, USMC |
975-32X |
1972 |
SGT KENNETH R. COOPER, USMC |
962-31X |
1973 |
CWO3 GILMER R. MURDOCK, USMC |
970-30X |
1974 |
MSYSGT MELVIN E. DUNHAM, USMC |
963-23X |
1975 |
MSGT ALBERT R. MIRLA, USMC |
959-21X |
1976 |
GYSGT BENJAMIN A. PEPPER, USMC |
959-25X |
1977 |
SGT DENNIS E. GHISELLI, USMC |
978-33X |
1978 |
MGYSGT RUSSELL E. MARTIN, USMC |
962-26X |
1979 |
CWO ROBERT L. BUSHER, USMC |
979-36X |
1980 |
SFT JOHN JOHNSON, USMC |
977-32X |
1981 |
SGT MICHAEL A. KEEME, USMC |
970-34X |
1982 |
COL KENNETH J. ERDMAN, USMCR |
978-23X |
1983 |
SSGT ARTIE L. OSBORNE, USMC |
976-37X |
1984 |
SSG DONALD L. HELLMAN, USMC |
987-36X |
1985 |
SGT DANIEL K. JONES, USMC |
979-29X |
1986 |
SSGT JAMES H. COOK, JR., USMC |
975-31X |
1987 |
SGT JAMES E. JONES, USMC |
979-40X |
1988 |
SSGT JEFFREY SCHAFER, USMC |
978-36X |
1989 |
SGT DENNIS W. DeMILLE, USMC |
989-47X |
1990 |
SGT BILLY RAY WILLIAMSON, USMC |
985-33X |
1991 |
SGT CLINT HABECK, USMC |
970-24X |
1992 |
SGT MARTIN A. COLE, USMC |
981-34X |
1993 |
SSGT DWIGHT HALL, USMC |
958-23X |
1994 |
PVT THOMAS GILBERT, USMC |
984-31X |
1995 |
GYSGT JEFFREY SCHAFER, USMC |
989-36X |
1996 |
SSGT ALEX ARRIETA, USMC |
984-36X |
1997 |
SGT CHARLES E. GROVE |
888-33X |
1998 |
SSGT JULIA WATSON, USMC |
983-35X |
1999 |
CWO3 GENE RUCKS, USMC |
988-27X |
2000 |
SSG RONALD FUCHS, USMCR |
987-40X |
2001 |
Sgt DANIEL DUITSMAN, USMC |
982-38X |
2002 |
Sgt JEROME BOSTICK, USMC |
987-46X |
2003 |
MSgt ALEXANDER ARRIETA, USMC |
777-20X |
2004 |
GySgt JULIA WATSON, USMCR |
979-30X |
2005 |
SSgt DANIEL DUITSMAN, USMC |
986-31X |
2006 |
SSgt JASON BENEDICT, USMC |
986-43X |
2007 |
GySgt RON FUCHS, USMCR |
980-38X |
2008 |
CWO2 DUANE LEDFORD, USMC |
968-29X |
2009 |
GYSGT RON FUCHS, USMCR |
975-27X |
2010 |
MSGT JULIA WATSON, USMCR |
976-34X |
2011 |
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