10 U.S.C. § 1134 — Medal of honor: award to individual interred in Tomb of the Unknowns as representative of casualties of a war
submitted 22 years ago by Pub. L. 108-375 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 77 words · no verdicts yet
This section explains that a posthumous Medal of Honor for an unidentified person in the Tomb of the Unknowns represents all unidentified service members who died in that war or conflict. It is not awarded to that person personally.
The medal of honor awarded posthumously to a deceased member of the armed forces* who, as an unidentified casualty of a particular war or other armed conflict, is interred in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, is awarded to the member as the representative of the members of the armed forces who died in that war or other armed conflict and whose remains have not been identified, and not to the person personally.
The medal of honor awarded posthumously to a deceased member of the armed forces* who, as an unidentified casualty of a particular war or other armed conflict, is interred in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, is awarded to the member as the representative of the members of the armed forces who died in such war or other armed conflict and whose remains have not been identified, and not to the individual personally.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, § 561(a), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1917.)
- 2004Enacted · Pub. L. 108-375 · 118 Stat. 1917
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