The Distinguished Service Award (DSA) is presented to those Arrowmen who have rendered distinguished and outstanding service to the Order on a sectional, regional, or national basis. The following were presented the DSA at the 2012 National Order of the Arrow Conference
Justin P. Abshire, Brian T. Ahrens, Timothy D. Babb, Ryan Drew Bajan, Michael L. Beckman, Ryan J. Bell, Michael R. Card, David W. Carlson, David Mitchel Carson, Robert Chaballa, William B. Chin, Marc H. Circus, John H. Clark, Donald H. Combs III, Travis A. Cunningham, Jeffrey L. St. Cyr, Raymond R. Czech, Daniel T. Dick, John T. Van Dreese, Jr., Joseph Marcuson Dworak, Richard Paul Ferolo, Francis D. Fodero, Dwayne Anthony Fontenette, Jr., Richard M. Fore, Robert W. Fudge, Calvin J. Fulks, Joseph M. Garcia, Brian R. Gray, Frederick A. Gross, IV, Jordan E. Hammons, A. Frank Harper, David Harrell, Ryan M. Hay, H. Ken Hayashi, David H. Heimann, Joshua P. Henry, Daniel J. Higham, Jonathan D. Hillis, Collin Pierce Huerter, Jess A. Hurwitz, Mark W. Ishizu, Howard E. Kern, Bradford Charles Lichota, Spencer A. Long, Matthew Norman Madderra, Mark Andrew Norris, Gregory A. Nygren, John James "Jack" O'Neill, Nicholas A. Ochsner, Elam M. Patterson, Joshua Andrew Peloquin, Michael R. Philbrook, Phillip R. Raine, Scott Anthony Robin, Sara L. Seaborne, Thomas Estes Starr, Jeffery C. Stout, William Gentry Swingle, James H. Tarbox, Timothy E. N. Terry, John E. "JT" Thomas, Jr., William H. Topkis, Ronnie D. Turpin, Russell D. Votava, Deanna J. Castrey-Westmyer, Teddy W. Williams, Jason A. Wolz, and MacKinley J. Zewalk