Can someone be a "twice awarded Combat Infantry Badge recipient" from different wars (Korea & VN)?

It's like they really don't wanna award the third award of the CIB ,I knew guys in SF, ranger units and even infantry that were eligible for it in the 80's but they wouldn't award it, they awarded two and said that's it but if you look at qualifying periods for el salvador, grenada, just cause, desert storm ,Somalia and some of these guys even served a tour in Vietnam. That's six different awards of it but for some reason the army said no, no more than two awards of it. I believe they are trying to make it like an unobtainable award except by a few like the MOH and soldiers who actually deserved it got screwed.

After seeing all the responses, mine included, I have come to the realization that we have too many entities defining "periods" for too many purposes. There is one definition that is in Public Law that the IRS follows. There is a different definition for the NDSM. And, possible the Army has defined yet another set for CIB. Y'all in the Army, sort it out. I just have to live with the Public Law definition for my organization to qualify as a "war veterans'" organization.

my father was twice awarded. ww2 and Korea

I knew a Sgt mjr who had 3 stars. Lots of them during the Vietnam war. Considering WW2 ended 20 years earlier and Korea was only 12 years since it ended. Each distinct war is considered a cib award. Afghanistan and Iraq is one because it is part of the war on terror. In WW2, you had one cib if you served in Europe and the Pacific.

There are four qualifying eras for award of the CIB, but, according to AR 600-8-22, but only three (CIB with two stars) can be awarded.

Back in the 80s and early 90s, there were a number of deployments that were placed in the "Low Intensity Combat" category. While many involved what most of us consider combat, i.e., getting shot at and returning fire, there were some for which combat patches and CIBs were not awarded. As I used to tell some of my students, "We may call it 'low intensity', but when you're getting shot at, it's pretty damned intense!"

Yes. Not separate badges, but stars. My Drill Sergeant had 3 stars on his CIB. WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. He was a consummate NCO. He knew when to be harsh, fatherly, and sometimes a confidant. Periodically, he marched us to an opening the woods, order us to sit down and relax, and then take off his hat, and ask us to talk about what we are learning, what more we can learn, and what it is like in combat. At 56 and survived 3 major wars as a Grunt, I would say he know his craft.

Yes. There are/were quite a few who would qualify for WWII, Korea, Vietnam. Most of them have left us now. I have heard of nobody who received four. Just to set off a firestorm, I have never understood why artillery forward observers can't be awarded the CIB. Or, the CAB like the CMB.

Sure...In the Marines we were awarded the Combat Action Ribbon and I never changed it out when I switched branches...Same with my Parachutist Wings

My Daddy got one for WWII and second award for Korea. He spent time in Greece for the Greek rebellion and there was some question about that. But he got 2 for sure.

Absolutely when I was in Vietnam I would see a senior NCO or a older officer who served in Korea and Vietnam