Actually H-H the award of the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross to the RAF guy referred to in Evalu8ter's post is in the public domain, although I won't mention the man's name here because that is the PPRuNe convention with serving personnel. The London Gazette date is 9 September 2005 and a quick Google search of the named individual gives an account of the rescue operation in Sierra Leone for which the award was given. Similarly the name of the recipient of the DFC and two bars (DFC for Iraq, one bar each for Iraq and Afganistan) is also available to the public. However in the case of special forces you are correct that on occasions names of medal recipients have been suppressed to protect anonymity.
As far as I can tell there have been 25 DFCs awarded so far for Afghanistan, including the bar referred to above, and if I say I hope there won't be many more I hope I won't be misunderstood!