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National Defense Service Medal

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  • Clifford Grady Rhodes (1946 - 1966)
    FLORDIA PFC TRP A 12 CAB 1 CAB DIV (AM) VIETNAM PH Clifford G Rhodes Vietnam War Gold Star Veteran from Florida Clifford G Rhodes Vietnam War Vietnam WarFlorida ▼ Content Integrity Note
  • SA Robert Merrill Kikkert, US Navy Korea KIA (1954 - 1972)
    Robert Merrill Kikkert was born in 1954 in very probably Schererville (or less likely Munster), Lake County, in the utter northwestern part of Indiana. As Navy Seaman Apprentice on the USS Newport New...
  • Robert O'Neal Cato (1948 - 1968)
    Robert O'Neal Cato Vietnam War Gold Star Veteran from Florida Robert O'Neal Cato Vietnam War Vietnam WarFlorida ▼ Content Integrity Note Our displayed data concerning the life and military ...
  • Isadore Samuel Geiger, Jr. (1945 - 1968)
    Isadore Samuel Geiger Jr Vietnam War Gold Star Veteran from Florida Isadore Samuel Geiger Jr Vietnam War Vietnam WarFlorida ▼ Content Integrity Note Our displayed data concerning the life and ...
  • Nicholas Joseph Cutinha (1945 - 1968)
    Vietnam War Medal of Honor Recipient. He received the award posthumously (presented to his family) from President Richard M. Nixon at the White House on April 7, 1970, for his actions as a spec...

The National Defense Service Medal (NDSM) was first intended to be a "blanket campaign medal" awarded to service members who served honorably during a designated time period of when a "national emergency" had been declared during a time of war or conflict. It may also be issued to active military members for any other period that the Secretary of Defense designates.

To date, the NDSM has been awarded for four specific time periods, which roughly correspond to the Korean War (1950-1954), Vietnam War (1961-1974), Gulf War (1990-1995), and the Global War on Terrorism (2001-2022).

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