WW I Victory
With Battle or Service Clasp including Siberia and European Russia. |
Army |
06 April 1917 |
WW I Victory
With Battle or Service Clasp including Siberia and European Russia. |
Navy |
06 April 1917
30 March 1920 |
| Army of Occupation of German |
Army |
12 November 1918
11 July 1923 |
| Second Nicaraguan Campaign |
Navy |
27 August 1926
02 January 1933 |
| Yangtze Service |
Navy |
03 September 1926
21 October 1927
01 March 1930
31 December 1932 |
| China |
Navy |
07 July 1937
07 September 1939
02 September 1945
01 April 1957 |
| American Defense Service |
Army-Navy |
08 September 1939
07 December 1941 |
American Campaign
30 Consecutive days or 60 days non consecutive duty outside continental
limits of the United States. |
Army-Navy |
07 December 1941
02 March 1946 |
| Asiatic-Pacific Campaign |
Army-Navy |
07 December 1941
02 March 1946 |
| European, African, Middle Eastern Campaign |
Army-Navy |
07 December 1941
08 November 1945 |
Army of Occupation
30 Consecutive Days |
Italy |
09 May 1945
15 September 1947 |
Army of Occupation
30 Consecutive Days |
Germany
Except for West Berlin |
09 May 1945
05 May 1955 |
Army of Occupation
30 Consecutive Days |
Germany
West Berlin |
09 May 1945
05 October 1990 |
Army of Occupation
30 Consecutive Days |
Austria |
09 May 1945
27 July 1955 |
Army of Occupation
30 Consecutive Days |
Korea |
03 September 1945
29 June 1949 |
Army of Occupation
30 Consecutive Days |
Japan |
03 September 1945
27 April 1952 |
Navy Occupation
Service Medal Italy |
Italy |
08 May 1945
15 December 1947 |
Navy Occupation
Service Medal Italy |
Trieste |
08 May 1945
26 October 1954 |
Navy Occupation
Service Medal Italy |
Germany
Except West Berlin |
08 May 1945
05 May 1955 |
Navy Occupation
Service Medal Italy |
Austria |
08 May 1945
25 October 1955 |
Navy Occupation
Service Medal Italy |
Asiatic Pacific |
02 September 1945
27 April 1952 |
| Korea Service Medal |
Army, Navy, Airforce |
27 June 1950
27 July 1954 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Berlin |
14 August 1961
01 June 1963 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Lebanon |
01 July 1958
01 November 1958 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Quemoy &
Matsu Island |
23 August 1958
01 June 1963 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Taiwan Straits |
23 August 1958
01 January 1959 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Congo |
14 July 1960
01 September 1962
23 November 1964
27 November 1964 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Laos |
19 April 1961
07 October 1962 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Vietnam |
01 July 1958
03 July 1965 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Cuba |
24 October 1962
01 June 1963 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Dominican Republic |
28 April 1965
21 September 1966 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Korea |
01 October 1966
30 June 1974 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Cambodia |
29 March 1973
15 August 1973 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Thailand
In Support of Cambodia Opposition |
29 March 1973
15 August 1973 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Evacuation of Cambodia |
11 April 1975
13 April 1975 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Evacuation of Vietnam |
29 April 1975
30 April 1975 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Mayaguez Operation |
15 May 1975 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Grenada Operation |
23 October 1983
21 November 1983 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Lebanon |
06 June 1983
01 December 1987 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Libyan Operation
El Dorado Canyon |
12 April 1986
17 April 1986 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Persian Gulf
Operation Earnest Will |
24 July 1987
02 August 1990 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Panama
Operation Just Cause |
20 December 1989
31 January 1990 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Somalia
Operation Restore Hope |
05 December 1992
31 March 1995 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Haiti
Operation Uphold Democracy |
16 September 1994
31 March 1995 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Operation Southern Watch
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Arabian Gulf, Red Sea |
01 December 1995
Indeterminate |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
El Salvador |
01 January 1981
01 February 1992 |
| Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Thailand
Military Operation |
16 May 1962
10 August 1962 |
| Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Cuban
Military Operation |
03 January 1961
23 October 1962 |
| Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Iranian, Yemen & Indian Ocean Operation |
08 December 1978
06 June 1976
21 November 1979
20 October 1981 |
| Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Lebanon |
20 August 1982
31 December 1983 |
| Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Libyan Expedition |
20 January 1986
27 June 1986 |
| Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Persian Gulf |
01 February 1987
23 July 1987 |
| Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Rwanda Operation
Distant Runner |
07 April 1994
18 April 1994 |
| Vietnam Service Medal |
|
04 July 1965
28 March 1973 |
| Southwest Asia Service Medal |
Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm Combat Area Only |
02 August 1990
30 November 1995 |
| Southwest Asia Service Mead |
Personnel Assigned to Support Units Serving in
Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Jordan |
17 January 1991
30 November 1995 |
| Combat Action Ribbon |
|
01 March 1961
Indeterminate |
| Combat Infantry Badge & Combat Medical Badge |
Service on the Korea Peninsula |
06 December 1941
Indeterminate
30 June 1949
Indeterminate |
Persons must be a United States Citizen and have an honorable discharge from the United
States Armed Forces.
Discharges issued during and immediately after the close of World War II have a section
on the back listing the medals and decorations which have been earned. Persons
discharged later received a DD-214 Report of Separation form which has a space showing
medals and decorations. Lost separation documents can be replaced by completing and
submitting GSA Standard Form 180, Request Pertaining to Military Records.
The GSA Standard Form 180 is available from any office of the Department of Veteran's
Affairs or State Veteran's Departments.
The form must be completed and signed by the Veteran in order to receive the
information requested or authorize the release of the information to the Veteran's of
Foreign Wars.
The following is to be used as a guide in determining eligibility for membership, and
furnished as a matter of information concerning the periods during which campaign and/or
service medals were authorized.
The following campaign medals, and the periods for which issued, have been authorized
by the United States of America, and the holder of any such medal or medals is recognized
as possessing the Campaign Medal Requisite of eligibility.