10 U.S.C. § 1522 — Posthumous warrants
submitted 70 years ago by ch. 1041 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 161 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary concerned may issue a posthumous warrant for a deceased service member who was officially recommended for a noncommissioned appointment or promotion but could not accept it because of death. The warrant is effective from the recommendation date, subject to the stated qualification finding for a promotion.
(a) The Secretary concerned* may issue, or have issued, a warrant in the name of a service member who, after September 8, 1939, was officially recommended for appointment or promotion to a noncommissioned grade* but died before accepting it.
(b) The warrant is issued as of the recommendation date. The member’s military or executive department records must show the member as having served in that grade from that date through death.
(c) For a promotion to a higher grade, the Secretary must find that the member was qualified for appointment to that grade when the member died.
The Secretary concerned* may issue, or have issued, an appropriate warrant in the name of a member of the armed forces* who, after September 8, 1939, was officially recommended for appointment or promotion to a grade* other than a commissioned grade but was unable to accept the appointment or promotion because of death.
A warrant issued under subsection (a) shall issue as of the date of the recommendation, and the member’s name shall be carried on the records of the military or executive department concerned as if he had served in the grade to which posthumously appointed or promoted from the date of the recommendation to the date of his death.
A warrant issued under subsection (a) in connection with the promotion of a deceased member to a higher grade shall require a finding by the Secretary concerned that, at the time of death of the member, the member was qualified for appointment to that higher grade.
Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 116; Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title V, § 502(b), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4433.)
- 1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
- 2008Amended · Pub. L. 110-417 · 122 Stat. 4433
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1041 on 1956-08-10.
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