Campaign and Service Medals
This list of VFW membership qualifying campaign and service medals was updated using the VFW Service Officers Guide - 2003 (29th Edition).
|
Campaign Medal |
Military
Service |
Period
During Which Issued |
|
Expeditionary |
Navy
|
12
Feb. 1874-Indeterminate |
|
Spanish Campaign |
Army |
11
May 1898 to 16 Aug. 1898 |
|
Army Of Cuban
Occupation |
Army
|
18
July 1898 to 20 May 1902 |
|
Army of Puerto Rican
Occupation |
Army
|
14
Aug. 1898 to 10 Dec. 1898 |
|
Philippine Campaign |
Army |
4
Feb. 1899 to 31 Dec. 1913 |
|
China Campaign |
Army
|
20
June 1900 to 27 May 1901 |
|
China Relief
Expedition |
Navy
|
5
April 1900 to 27 May 1901 |
|
Army of Cuban
Pacification |
Army
|
6
Oct. 1906 to 1 April 1909 |
|
Cuban Pacification |
Navy
|
12
Sept. 1906 to 1 April 1909 |
|
Mexican Service |
Army |
12
April 1911 to 16 June 1919 |
|
First Nicaraguan
Campaign |
Navy
|
29
July 1912 to 14 Nov. 1912 |
|
Haitian Campaign |
Navy
|
9
July 1915 to 6 Dec. 1915 |
|
Dominican Campaign |
Navy
|
4
May 1916 to 5 Dec. 1916 |
|
World War I Victory |
Army |
6
April 1917 to 1 April 1920 |
|
Army of Occupation
of Germany |
Army
|
12
Nov. 1918 to 11 July 1923 |
|
Second Nicaraguan
Campaign |
Navy
|
27
Aug. 1926 to 2 Jan. 1933 |
|
Yangtze Service |
Navy
|
3
Sept. 1926 to 21 Oct. 1927 |
|
China Service |
Navy
|
7
July 1937 to 7 Sept. 1939 |
|
American Defense
Service |
Army |
8
Sept. 1939 to 7 Dec. 1941 |
|
American Campaign |
Army |
7
Dec. 1941 to 2 Mar. 1946 |
|
Asiatic-Pacific
Campaign |
Army |
7
Dec. 1941 to 2 Mar. 1946 |
|
European-African-Middle
Eastern Campaign |
Army |
7
Dec. 1941 to 8 Nov. 1945 |
|
Army of Occupation
(30 consecutive days) |
Army |
9
May 1945 to 15 Sept. 1947 |
|
Navy Occupation
Service Medal |
Army |
8
May 1945 to 15 Dec. 1947 |
|
Korean Service Medal |
Army |
27
June 1950 to 27 July 1954 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Berlin |
14 Aug. 1961 to 1 June 1963 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Lebanon |
1 July 1958 to 1 Nov. 1958 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Quemoy & Matsu Islands |
23 Aug. 1958 to 1 June 1963 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Taiwan Straits |
23 Aug. 1958 to 1 Jan. 1959 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Congo |
14 July 1960 to 1 Sept. 1962 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Laos |
19 April 1961 to 7 Oct. 1962 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Vietnam |
1 July 1958 to 3 July 1965 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Cuba |
24 Oct. 1962 to 1 June 1963 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Dominican Republic |
28 April 1965 to 21 Sept. 1966 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Korea |
1 Oct. 1966 to 30 June 1974 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Cambodia |
29 Mar. 1973 to 15 Aug. 1973 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Thailand (direct support of Cambodia operations) |
29 Mar. 1973 to 15 Aug. 1973 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Evacuation of Cambodia |
11-13 April 1975 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Evacuation of Vietnam |
29-30 April 1975 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Mayaguez Operation |
15 May 1975 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Grenada Operation |
23 Oct. 1983 to 21 Nov. 1983 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Lebanon |
6 June 1983 to 1 Dec. 1987 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Libyan Operation - El Dorado Canyon |
12-17 April 1986 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Persian Gulf - Operation Earnest Will |
24 July 1987 to 2 Aug. 1990 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Panama - Operation Just Cause |
20 Dec. 1989 to 31 Jan. 1990 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Somalia - Operation Restore Hope |
5 Dec. 1992 to May 1995 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Haiti - Operation Uphold Democracy |
16 Sept. 1994 to 31 Mar. 1995 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Operation Southern Watch (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Arabian Gulf, Red Sea) |
1 Dec, 1995 - Indeterminate |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
El Savador |
1 Jan. 1981 to 1 Feb. 1992 |
| Operation Joint Endeavor |
Bosnia |
20 Nov. 1995 to 19 Dec. 1996 |
|
Operation Joint Guard |
Bosnia |
20 Dec. 1996 to Indeterminate |
| Operation Vigilant Sentinel |
Persian Gulf |
1 Dec. 1995 to 15 Feb. 1997 |
| Operation Northern Watch |
Iraq |
1 Jan. 1997 to Indeterminate |
|
Maritime Intercept Operations
Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman W of 62° E. Long., Behrain, Qatar, UAE, Yeman, Egypt, & Jordan |
1 Dec. 1995 to Indeterminate
|
|
| Navy and Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Thailand Military Operation |
16 May 1962 to 10 Aug. 1962 |
| Navy and Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Cuban Military Operation |
3 Jan. 1961 to 23 Oct. 1962 |
| Navy and Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Iranian, Yemen and Indian Ocean Operations |
8 Dec. 1978 to 6 June 1979 21 Nov. 1979 to 20 Oct. 1981 |
| Navy and Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Lebanon |
20 Aug. 1982 to 31 Dec. 1983 |
| Navy and Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Libyan Expedition |
20 Jan. 1986 to 27 June 1986 |
| Navy and Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Persian Gulf |
1 Feb. 1987 to 23 July 1987 |
| Navy and Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Panama (pre- and post-invasion) |
1 Apr. 1988 to 19 Dec. 1989 1 Feb. 1990 to 13 June 1990 |
| Navy and Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Liberia (Operation Sharp Edge) |
5 Aug. 1990 to 21 Feb. 1991 |
|
Navy and Marine
Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Rwanda (Operation Distant Runner) |
7-18 Apr. 1994 |
|
Vietnam Service
Medal |
Armed
Forces |
4
July 1965 to 28 Mar. 1973 |
|
Southwest Asia
Service Medal |
Armed
Forces |
2
Aug. l990 to 30 Nov. 1995 |
| Kosovo Campaign Medal |
Operation Allied Force - Kosovo Air Campaign |
24
Mar. 1999 to 10 June 1999 |
| Kosovo Campaign Medal |
Kosovo Defense Campaign - Ground Action |
11 June 1999 - Indeterminate |
| Kosovo Campaign Medal |
Personnel assigned to support units in Israel, Eqypt, Turkey, Syria, and Jordan |
17 Jan. 1991 to 30 Nov. 1995 |
|
Combat Action Ribbon |
Armed
Forces |
1
Mar. 1961 - Indeterminate |
|
Combat Infantry
Badge & Combat Medical Badge |
Armed
Forces |
6
Dec. 1941 - Indeterminate |
|
Service on the Korean Peninsula or in its territorial waters
for thirty (30) consecutive or sixty (60) nonconsecutive days. |
Armed
Forces |
30
June 1949 - Indeterminate |