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Campaign Medal Military Service Period During Which Issued Expeditionary Navy Marine Corps 12 Feb. 1874 Indeterminate Spanish Campaign Army 11 May 1898 16 Aug. 1898 Navy 20 Apr. 1898 10 Dec. 1898 Army of Cuban Occupation Army 18 July 1898 20 May 1902 Army of Puerto Rico Occupation Army 14 Aug. 1898 10 Dec. 1898 Philippine Campaign Army 04 Feb. 1899 31 Dec. 1913 Navy 04 Feb.1899 15 Sept. 1906 China Relief Expedition Army 20 June 1900 27 May 1901 Navy 05 Apr. 1900 27 May 1901 Cuban Pacification Army 06 Oct. 1906 01 Apr. 1909 Cuban Pacification Navy 12 Sept. 1906 01 Apr. 1909 Mexican Service Army 12 Apr. 1911 16 June 1919 Navy 12 Apr. 1914 07 Feb. 1917 First Nicaraguan Campaign Navy 29 July 1912 14 Nov. 1912 Haitian Campaign Navy 09 July 1915 06 Dec. 1915 01 Apr. 1919 15 June 1920 Dominican Campaign Navy 04 May 1916 05 Dec. 1916 World War I Victory (with Battle or Service Clasp including Siberia and European Russia) Army 06 Apr. 1917 01 Apr. 1920 Navy 06 Apr. 1917 30 Mar. 1920 Army of Occupation of Germany Army 12 Nov. 1918 11 July 1923 Second Nicaraguan Campaign Navy 27 Aug. 1926 02 Jan. 1933 Yangtze Service Navy 03 Sept. 1926 21 Oct. 1927 01 Mar. 1930 31 Dec. 1932 China Service Navy 07 July 1937 07 Sept. 1939 02 Sept. 1945 01 Apr. 1957 American Defense Service (with Foreign Service Clasp) Army-Navy 08 Sept. 1939 07 Dec. 1941 American Campaign (30 consecutive days or 60 days non-consecutive days of duty outside continental limits of the United States Army-Navy 07 Dec. 1941 02 Mar. 1946 Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Army-Navy 07 Dec. 1941 02 Mar. 1946 European-African- Middle Eastern Campaign Army-Navy 07 Dec. 1941 08 Nov. 1945 Army of Occupation 30 consecutive days of duty Italy 09 May 1945 15 Sept. 1947 Germany (except West Berlin) 09 May 1945 05 May 1955 Germany (West Berlin) 09 May 1945 02 Oct. 1990 Austria 09 May 1945 27 July 1955 Korea 03 Sept. 1945 29 June 1949 Japan 03 Sept. 1945 27 Apr. 1952 Navy Occupation Service Medal Italy 08 May 1945 15 Dec. 1947 Trieste 08 May 1945 26 Oct. 1954 Germany (except West Berlin) 08 May 1945 05 May 1955 Austria 08 May 1945 25 Oct. 1955 Asiatic Pacific 02 Sept. 1945 27 Apr. 1952 Korean Service Medal Army, Navy, Air Force 27 June 1950 27 July 1954 Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal 30 consec. or 60 non-consec. days of duty Lebanon 01 July 1958 01 Nov. 1958 Taiwan Straits 23 Aug. 1958 01 Jan. 1959 Quemoy & Matsu Island 23 Aug. 1958 01 June 1963 Vietnam 01 July 1958 03 July 1965 Congo 14 July 1960 01 Sept. 1962 23-27 Nov. 1964 Laos 19 Apr. 1961 07 Oct. 1962 Berlin 14 Aug. 1961 01 June 1963 Cuba 24 Oct. 1962 01 June 1963 Dominican Republic 28 Apr. 1965 21 Sept. 1966 Korea 01 Oct. 1966 30 June 1974 Cambodia 29 Mar. 1973 15 Aug. 1973 Thailand (in direct support of Cambodia) 29 Mar. 1973 15 Aug. 1973 Operation Eagle Pull-Cambodia (includes evacuation) 11-13 Apr. 1975 Operation Frequent Wind-Vietnam (includes evacuation) 29-30 Apr. 1975 Mayaguez Operation 15 May 1975 El Salvador 01 Jan. 1981 01 Feb. 1992 Lebanon 01 June 1983 01 Dec. 1987 Operation Urgent Fury - Grenada 23 Oct. 1983 21 Nov. 1983 El Dorado Canyon-Libya 12-17 Apr. 1986 Persian Gulf-Operation Earnest Will (only those participating in, or in direct support) 24 July 1987 02 Aug. 1990 Panama-Operation Just Cause (USS Vreeland & other SVS-designated aircrew mbrs. outside the Conus in direct suppport) 20 Dec. 1989 31 Jan. 1990 Somalia-United Shield-Operation Restore Hope 05 Dec. 1992 31 Mar. 1995 Haiti-Operation Uphold Democracy 16 Sept. 1994 31 Mar. 1995 Bosnia-Operation Joint Endeavor(Bosnia, Croatia, the Adriatic Sea & airspace) 20 Nov. 1995 20 Dec. 1996 Operation Vigilant Sentinel (Persian Gulf, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait) 01 Dec. 1995 1 Sept., 1997 Operation Southern Watch (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq Arabian Gulf, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Gulf of Oman W of 62" E Long, Yeman, Egypt, Jordan 01 Dec. 1995 Indeterminate Operation Maritime Intercept operations(Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman W of 62" E Long, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Yemen, Egypt, Jordan) 01 Dec. 1995 Indeterminate Operation Joint Guard (Bosnia, Croatia, Adriatic Sea & airspace) 20 Dec. 1996 June 20, 1998 El Salvador 01 Jan. 1981 01 Feb. 1992 Operation Joint Guard (Bosnia, Croatia, Adriatic Sea & airspace) 20 Dec. 1996 June 20, 1998 Operation Northern Watch (Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Persian Gulf W of 56" E Long., and Incirlik AB, Turkey (only pers. TDY to ONW) 01 Jan. 1997 Indeterminate Operation Joint Forge - (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Adriatic Sea & airspace) 21 Jun. 1998 Indeterminate Operation Desert Thunder (Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Persian Gulf, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Yemen, Egypt, Jordan, Gulf of Oman, Red Sea support 11 Nov. 1998 22 Dec. 1998 Operation Desert Fox (Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Persian Gulf, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Yemen, Egypt, Jordan, Gulf of Oman, USF Red Sea support 16 Dec. 1998 22 Dec. 1998 Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal Cuban Military Operation 03 Jan. 1961 23 Oct. 1962 Thailand Military Operation 16 May 1962 10 Aug. 1962 Iranian, Yemen & Indian Ocean Operation 08 Dec. 1978 06 June 1979 21 Nov. 1979 20 Oct. 1981 Lebanon 20 Aug. 1982 31 May 1983 Libyan Expedition 20 Jan. 1986 27 June 1986 Persian Gulf 01 Feb. 1987 23 July 1987 Panama - (pre and post invasion) 01 Apr. 1988 19 Dec. 1989 01 Feb. 1990 13 June 1990 Liberia(Operation Sharp Edge) 05 Aug. 1990 21 Feb. 1991 Rwanda (Operation Distant Runner) (11th Marine Expeditionary Unit USS Peleliu) 07-18 Apr. 1994 Vietnam Service Medal 04 July 1965 28 Mar. 1973 Southwest Asia Service Medal Operation Desert Shield/ Operation Desert Storm Combat areas of operation only 02 Aug. 1990 30 Nov. 1995 Personnel assigned to support units serving in Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Jordan 17 Jan. 1991 -Apr. 11, 1991 Combat Action Ribbon Navy, Marine, Coast Guard 01 Mar. 1961 Indeterminate Combat Infantry Badge & Combat Medical Badge Army 06 Dec. 1941 Indeterminate Korea Duty Service on the Korean Peninsula, or in its territorial waters for thirty (30)/consecutive or sixty (60) nonconsecutive days. 30 June 1949 Open Kosovo Campaign Medal (KCM) Operation Allied Force Kosovo Air Campaign 24 Mar. 1999 10 June 1999. Kosovo Defense Campaign- Ground Action 11 June 1999 TBD Hostile Fire or Imminent Danger Pay The information is to be used for guideline purposes only. The separation document or DD 214 MUST reflect campaign medal service to establish eligibility. Service in Korea without the issuance of a campaign medal can be established with additional support documentation. Hostile Fire or Imminent Danger Pay can be established with pay records.

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