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  Mexican Border Service Medal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mexican Border Service Medal was a decoration of the United States military which was established by an act of the United States Congress on July 9, 1918.
To be awarded the Mexican Border Service Medal, a service member must have served with the United States Army, along the Mexican border, or must have been assigned as a Regular or National Guard member to the Mexican Border Patrol.
The Mexican Border Service Medal held dual status as both a Federal award and a decoration of the United States National Guard.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mexican_Border_Service_Medal   (242 words)

  
 More Federal Connections
It was during 1933 and 1934 that the Adjutant General's department had fabrication and distributed to qualified applicants the Meritorious Service Medal, the Faithful Service Medal and the Texas Service Medal, each with its appropriate service ribbon, as authorized by the 41st and the 43rd legislatures.
Service rendered on occasions, during domestic disturbances, when the governor of the State of Texas used the military to enforce the civil laws of the State, would each be denoted by a bronze acorn attached to the ribbon from which the medal was suspended.
The medal for Faithful Service was awarded to all persons who served as officers or enlisted men in the Texas National Guard Volunteer Militia: (1) during the Spanish-American War, (2) during the Philippine Campaign, (3) on Mexican Border Duty, (4) during World War I, (5) for five continuous years during any other period.
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 medals
Awarded for service on the Mexican border between May 9, 1916 and March 24, 1917 or with the Mexican Border Patrol between January 1, 1916 and April 6, 1917.
Service Members serving in the qualifying area of eligiblity (AOE) for which the AFGM was subsequently authorized are no longer qualified to receive the GWOT-E after 30 April 2005.
Service Members serving in the qualifying area of eligibility for which the ICM was subsequently authorized are no longer qualified to receive the GWOT-E after 30 April 2005.
www.invsoa.homestead.com /medals.html   (5447 words)

  
 32 CFR PART 578
The medal is suspended by a bar from a moired silk ribbon, 1 3/8 inches in length and 1 3/8 inches in width, composed of a bank of scarlet (5/8-inch), a stripe of dark-blue (1/16-inch), a band of white (5/8-inch), a stripe of dark-blue (1/16-inch), and a band of scarlet (5/16-inch).
The medal is suspended by a moired silk ribbon 1 7/8 inches in length and 1 3/8 inches in width, composed of a stripe of purplish-red (9/16-inch), a stripe of white (1/16-inch), a stripe of purplish-red (1/8-inch), a stripe of white (1/16-inch), and a stripe of purplish-red (9/16-inch).
The medal of bronze is 36 millimeters in diameter.
www.washingtonwatchdog.org /documents/cfr/title32/part578.html   (14871 words)

  
 Jewish War Veterans
By those who were present as members of the Mexican border patrol between April 12, 1911 and February 7, 1917, in proximity to an engagement between Mexicans which resulted in casualties among their own company, troop, battery, or detachment.
Service as an actual member of the Mexican border patrol is required; service at a station on the Mexican border is not sufficient.
For service by the personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps during the operations in the valley of Yangtze River, September 3, 1926 to October 21, 1927 and March 1, 1930 to December 31, 1932.
www.jwv.org /membership/elegibility4.html   (543 words)

  
 MILNET Brief
Each service has its own version of this medal, but it is universally known to have a blue sash with white stars embrodiered in the material and the ribbon is a light blue with a field of white stars across it.
The Mexican Border Service Medal was established in July 1918 to recognize the service of National Guard troops who were activated for service during the Mexican War for service on the Mexican Border between May 9, 1916 and March 24, 1917.
A campaign medal was designed for each Theater, and participation in designated battles or campaigns was designated by the use of small campaign stars (rather than bars as was the case for the WW I Victory Medal) affixed to the medal and service ribbons.
www.milnet.com /pentagon/medals/medals.htm   (11161 words)

  
 Mexican Border Service Medal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Mexican Border Service Medal was established by Act of Congress (Public Law 193, 65th Congress) on July 9, 1918.
The Mexican Border Service Medal commemorates military service on the Mexican border between May 9, 1916, and March 24, 1917, or with the Mexican Border Patrol between January 1, 1916, and April 6, 1917.
The ribbon to the Mexican Border Service Medal consists of a field of green bisected in the center by a gold stripe.
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 Army Times - Duty, Honor, Country: A 5-minute history lesson
The 1916-1917 U.S.-Mexico conflict involving a few thousand troops, and for which this service medal was awarded, should not be confused with the Mexican War of 1846-1848, a full-scale war that involved tens of thousands of soldiers and deep U.S. incursions into the Mexican heartland.
The medal went to any soldier who participated in any action against hostile Mexican forces in which U.S. troops were killed or wounded between April 12, 1911, and June 16, 1919.
The Mexican Service Medal should not be confused with the Mexican Border Service Medal; the latter was awarded to some 100,000 National Guard soldiers who guarded the border during Pershing’s Punitive Expedition.
www.armytimes.com /story.php?f=1-292308-1993663.php   (608 words)

  
 Mexican Service Medal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mexican Service Medal is an award of the United States military which was established by General Orders of the United States War Department on December 12, 1917.
The Mexican Service Medal was also awarded to any service member who was wounded or killed while participating in action any against hostile Mexican forces between April 12, 1911 and February 7, 1917.
The Mexican Service Medal was a one time decoration and there were no service stars authorized for those who had participated in multiple engagements.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mexican_Service_Medal   (440 words)

  
 Awards and Decorations
The medal of honor was bestowed by the President in the name of Congress on the unknown, unidentified Belgian soldier on November 3, 1922, and on the unknown, unidentified Rumanian soldier on May 15, 1923.
No awards of that medal were made during the fiscal year for distinguished services rendered prior to the World War, the total number of awards under this head remaining at 7.
Nine distinguished-service medals were, however, issued during the last fiscal year to holders of the certificate of merit, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (40 Stat.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/documents/wwi/23awd.htm   (1585 words)

  
 Publications
It gives the historical background on the development of the medal and lists the medal both alphabetically by recipient and by the number of the medal, followed by the recipient's name.
This is a roster of recipients of the Army Distinguished Service Cross for Vietnam.
This is a roll of recipients of the Cross of Military Service issued by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
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 World War I (WW1) Victory Medal Display Recognition
It was awarded for active service between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918; for service with the American Expeditionary Forces in European Russia between November 12, 1918, and August 5, 1919; or for service with the American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia between November 23, 1918, and April 1, 1920.
These service clasps are one eighth of an inch high and one and a half inches wide, with the name of the country in which the service was performed inscribed thereon.
PATROL: For service on the high seas on such duty east of the thirty-seventh meridian and north of the Equator between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918 and on the high seas of the Atlantic Ocean north of the Equator between May 25 and November 11, 1918.
www.amervets.com /replacement/w1.htm   (3564 words)

  
 Medals of the USA Page 2
The medal will be provided at no cost to veterans.
The interest for Aussies here, apart from a general interest in medals, is the timeline.
Medal of the National Legion of Greek American War Veterans in America.
www.diggerhistory.info /pages-medals/usa2.htm   (523 words)

  
 AGO_1959-60_No_152   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
  The general distinction of meritorious service as a requirement for an Honorable Discharge, and satisfactory service for a General Discharge has been retained but the federal regulations provide each service is to issue its own regulations establishing standards for the determination of meritorious service.
RCW 73.08.010 and 73.08.080 also require service in certain wars or other insurrections or expeditions as a prerequisite for relief under the act.
In answer to your last question it should be sufficient to point out that requirements for benefits from the Veterans' Administration are established by the federal act while the Washington act establishes its own requisites for relief.
www.atg.wa.gov /opinions/1959-60/opinion_1959-60_152.html   (2735 words)

  
 22nd Infantry Mexican Border Service
In response to the turmoil of the Mexican Revolution, Regular US Army troops were concentrated along the Mexican border in the spring of 1911,
In April of 1917 it was moved to Fort Jay, New York, in anticipation of the US entry into the World War.
The wisdom of the new plan soon became evident as the Mexican Revolution threatened to spill over the Rio Grande.
1-22infantry.org /history/mexican.htm   (770 words)

  
 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
By February 1836, Texans declared their territory to be independent and that its border extended to the Rio Grande rather than the Rio Nueces that Mexicans recognized as the dividing line.
The inevitable clashes between Mexican troops and U.S. forces provided the rationale for a Congressional declaration of war on May 13, 1846.
ther provisions stipulated the Texas border at the Rio Grande (Article V), protection for the property and civil rights of Mexican nationals living within the new border (Articles VIII and IX), U.S. promise to police its side of the border (Article XI), and compulsory arbitration of future disputes between the two countries (Article XXI).
www.mexicanamericans.com /TreatyofGuadalupeHidalgo.htm   (724 words)

  
 Wendell Howard Woolworth 1891-1965
- Served on the Mexican border as Pvt.
Mexican Border Service Medal, Purple Heart, Silver Star Citation, Victory Medal with 5 clasps: Montdidier-Noyen, Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne and Defensive Sector.
Was also cited for conspicuous gallantry in action at Missyaux-Bois on July 21, 1918, and recommended for a Distinguished Service Medal.
www.thewoolworths.com /Names/Woolworth/WendellHoward.html   (337 words)

  
 The Class of 1900   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
COL Hopkins received campaign and service medals for the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection and the World War (with four battle clasps.) He also was an officer of the French Legion of Honor.
For his efforts, Birnie received the Distinguished Service Medal, and was named an officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus by Italy, an officer of the Order of Leopold by Belgium, an Officer of the Legion of Honor by France.
LTC Gleaves was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for his service with the A.E.F. He also received the Croix de Guerre from France and the Legion of Merit.
usmalibrary2.usma.edu /1900/1900bios.htm   (13638 words)

  
 Mexican Border - Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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 Replacement ribbon for my Soviet Guarding the State Border medal - Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums
Hi There, I just got my Soviet Guarding the State Border medal with incorrect ribbon in mail today.
This medal was geunine,but the incorrect ribbon was that of the a WW2 "for Combat Service" medal.
My Soviet Guarding the State Border medal doesn't have "CCCP" on its back.
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Above: Distinguished Service Cross, numbered 7068 on the edge of the lower arm, attributable to 1st Lieut.
Below: Regimental Long Service Medal to Samuel Morse Felton Peters with 15 Year broach; brooch is numbered 455, the medal itself is numbered 1558 on the reverse, made by Tiffany.
It was downgraded to a Silver Star citation (which entitled him to wear a small silver star on ribbon of his victory medal).
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 SHAPE Biographies: SACEUR General Wesley K. Clark
He joined the 19th Infantry at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, on September 13, 1915 and served at that post until May 28, 1917 with the exception of short periods when he was on detached service with the National Guard of Illinois at Camp Wilson, Texas and as Assistant Mustering Officer, Southern Department, Camp Wilson.
He was recruiting officer, Fort Logan, Colorado, to August 19, 1925 when he attended the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, completing the course as an honor graduate in June 1926.
He joined the 24 th Infantry at Fort Benning, Georgia, on August 15, 1926, and on January 15, 1927 was transferred to Washington, D.C. for service with the American Battle Monuments Commission, remaining on that duty until August 15, 1927.
www.nato.int /shape/bios/saceur/eisenhower.htm   (1680 words)

  
 Collectors Antiquities Template
Bronze finish watch fob with "Mexican Border Service 1916" and showing troops moving across the desert in the center.
A to bar with "June.25.1891", from which hangs crossed American flags, a eagle and "Meade-Kingsley-Lafayette" in a triangle, with GAR star in the center.
Bronze finish medal for "Encampment South Bend May 1912." From this hangs a bar with "Delegate" and GAR medal.
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 American Lots, Current sale - FJP Auctions, Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Space Flight Medal 55-75 161 US Border Patrol.
Special Schools Medal; Longevity Medal 20-30 185 MO. WWI Service Medal, "US Forces" 25-35 186 NE.
WWI Service Medal 20-30 196 PA. Wayne County WWII Service Medal 30-40 197 PA. Wayne County WWII Service Medal 30-40 198 PA. Unknown organizational badge 100-135 199 RI.
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 Cantigny First Division Foundation - Col. Robert R. McCormick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, the WWI Victory Medal with “Defensive Sector” clasp and the Mexican Border Service Medal.
He was in active federal service from 21 June to 17 November 1916 and 13 June 1917 to 31 December 1918.
These were significant achievements for a well-born citizen soldier who might very well have eluded service altogether, had he been inclined to do so.
www.rrmtf.org /firstdivision/rrmspeech.htm   (1486 words)

  
 History, Commanding Generals - United States Army, Pacific
Following a stint at Fort Hayes, Ohio, Drum returned to Washington in 1933 to serve as deputy to the Chief of Staff, General Douglas MacArthur.
His awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star, and the Mexican Border Service Medal.
USARPAC has more than 12,700 Soldiers and Dept. of Army civilians deployed to 13 nations/locations, participating in 10 service, joint, bi-lateral and multi-lateral exercises and operations throughout the Area of Responsibility (AOR) and world.
www.usarpac.army.mil /history/cgbios/cg_drum.asp   (460 words)

  
 Recipients of the U.S. Army Distinguished Service Cross
The Distinguished Service Cross was established by order of President Woodrow Wilson and was born as part of the new Pyramid Of Honor that was established during the 1917 review of Medal of Honor awards.
Prior to establishment of the D.S.C. by virtue of War Department General Orders Number 6 of January 12, 1918, and by Act of Congress on July 9, 1918 the Medal of Honor was the only American award for valor in combat available to American servicemen.
The Distinguished Service Cross has been in effect since April 6, 1917; however, under certain circumstances the Distinguished Service Cross may be awarded for services rendered prior to April 6, 1917.
www.homeofheroes.com /distinguishedservicecross/index.html   (420 words)

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