Talk:Vietnam Service Medal

message: I am trying to do a memorial for my deceased brother-in-law. I have his medals from Vietnam and I was wondering if anyone knows what order they are suppose to go in.  The Cross of Gallantry Medal, Vietnam Military Merit Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, The Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal and Vietnam Service Medal.  I would appreciate any help I can get. My email is jessica.dyansty@hughes.net.                                                                                                      ::Dear Jessica:  ****I'm a Vietnam Vet, so here's the order:  American decorations go first, then foreign medals.  So it's Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service.  Then for the foreign medals, as I recall it goes Vietnam Military Merit Medal, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.  If he got the Purple Heart he might have gotten the Vietnam Wound Medal also.  And he would have gotten a few others, unit citations, Good Conduct Medal, campaign stars, etc.  That Vietnam Military Merit Medal is an important, high-ranking decoration, it's modeled after the French Medal Militaire and is a collector's item.  The Cross of Gallantry is the equivalent of the French Croix de Guerre and is modeled after it (crossed swords will indicate a war medal). Silver Bayonet (talk) 22:26, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  order of military service medals 

message: Presumably by now anyone who had this medal would no longer be serving in the Armed forces, or their numbers would be very, very few. Would there be information as when the last recipients who held this medal left the forces?
:Probably not...This former Army Specialist Five who served in Vietnam from 1966-1968 would have been one of the last Coast Guardsmen to wear a VSM and I retired from the Coast Guard Reserve in 2007 after 24 years of combined Army, Army Reserve and Coast Guard Reserve time with a 20 year break in service between my Army Reserve service and my Coast Guard Reserve service. The break in service would be the reason for my having Vietnam service time and still in the service in 2007. Someone on active duty with service in 1975 and 30 years time would have retired in 2005. The last Coast Guard Commandant who actually served in Vietnam was ADM James M. Loy, who retired from the service in 2002. He commanded a patrol boat with Coast Guard Squadron One. He had no break in service, but admirals are generally exempt from mandatory maximum time in service rules. Cuprum17 (talk) 23:32, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
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