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NARA did a cool thing.
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Jan 24, 2024, 9:02 AM
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When my grandfather was alive, I was pretty young, and it didn't really cross my mind to talk much about his military service. He retired as a Command Sergeant Major (last stop was overseeing Moncrief Hospital at Fort Jackson), and served in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. But, you know, that's mostly lost on a little kid other than, "Oh neat." A few months back, I discovered you could make records requests of veterans, and decided to request his. He had a few:
LEGION OF MERIT;
BRONZE STAR MEDAL with 1 bronze oak leaf cluster;
ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL with 2 bronze oak leaf clusters;
GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, 8th award
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL;
ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL with Germany clasp;
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL with 1 bronze service star;
KOREAN SERVICE MEDAL with 1 bronze service star;
ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL;
VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL with 4 bronze service stars;
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CAMPAIGN RIBBON W/ DEVICE (1960);
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM GALLANTRY CROSS with palm;
Highly recommend requesting this, but note the Army limits who can actually receive the authorized awards (in order: unremarried widow, eldest child, father or mother, eldest sibling, or eldest grandchild).
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Alright, that was cool, hope it works for my Grandfather
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Jan 24, 2024, 9:19 AM
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Cause everyone that would know anything about his service is dead.
Thanks for the link.
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Heisman Winner [105622]
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Ooof, I am not eldest grandchild. Would I need my brother to request this?
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Jan 24, 2024, 9:21 AM
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I guess I'll wait until they reject my request.
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I wasn't, and got my hand "lightly" slapped on the request.
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Jan 24, 2024, 9:22 AM
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Lightly because they were able to provide a listing of the awards, but not the awards themselves (I wasn't expecting that so it wasn't a big deal). They suggested my uncle, who is the eldest child, could open a new request and reference my request # and they would be sent to him.
EDIT: With his permission, you could also probably request it in his name and use your email address to take receipt of the records.
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I still need to do this.
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Jan 24, 2024, 9:26 AM
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I requested my grandfather's a few years back but got the message that his "could be" part of the records that were destroyed by fire at some point.
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Eldest grandson/son requirement is really weird imo
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Jan 24, 2024, 11:46 AM
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I am the youngest. Bro is not in contact with me or really anyone much, but I know he is alive.
I did the request for my grandfather who served in WWI, trained in Spartanburg and served in Europe is what I was told way too many years ago since my dad passed when I was only 20 - we never really talked about his dad's service.
I did the request and we shall see what they will disclose to me as 'other relative'.
Thanks for the link.
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