Posted on Feb 11, 2018
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SGM Harvey Boone
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Check AR 672-5-1 it will help.
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SFC Ralph E Kelley
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Capt Daniel Goodman
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Send them a copy of the photo, they should be able to help you figure out the ones you can't get thus far, honest...
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Capt Daniel Goodman
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Just as a thought, you could send for his file from NPRC in St. Louis, look at eVetRecs, a Java applet for sending in record requests, as family, you should be allowed, obviously, you might need to tell him, of surviving, of course, however, you could possibly get it for him, or family, also, as a surprise, they shoildmalso have his file photo, and be able to do a duplicate decoration search, they can also send a flag, if appropriate, a Presidential certificate, duplicate decorations for a shadow box, I've done it for my Dad, my Mom's Dad, an uncle, my Dad's sistersp's husband, my wife's Dad, stepdad, and brother, as well, it doesn't take all that long, you just need to keep the eVetRecs printout after you'd fax it in with the ref #, also, ne sure you sign and date it before faxing itz they're really quite good about finding most stuff, even with he 1970s Army seciption fire damage, I actually got pretty much everything, as well as all my own stuff...you can also ask for the admin file, as well as the medical/clinical file, though only if he hadn't survived, I'm not entirely sure about the clinical stuff, you !ight need to give proof for that, though I do know it is kept, and might well ne possible, certainly, I've gathered....
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SFC Combat Engineer
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#13 has a wreath like the one on this Army uniform (right sleeve) from WW2 or Korean War era.
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SFC Combat Engineer
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Your grandfather served in the Korean war, #13 could be from the Korean war era. I've seen that symbol on pictures of Army uniform sleeves from the Korean war era
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1SG Bob Brown
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Go online to Medals of America. They have a very in depth catalog. You'll find it there
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MSG John Duchesneau
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Edited 6 y ago
6 is the Korea Service Medal. I am not sure about the other two but they are probably Korean or Vietnamese awards. 13 is probably the Vietnam Air Service Medal but I don't know what the wreath is for. 11 looks like the British Distinguished Service Order which is a high ranking decoration equivalent to the Distinguished Service Cross. The DSO is rare for Brits and extremely rare for Americans. (The only American I know of who got it was General Shoup of the USMC who was a Medal of Honor recipient.)
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SFC Edward Spurgeon
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I THINK THAT CAMPAIGN STAR ON THE NDSM DOESN'T BELONG THERE
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MSG John Duchesneau
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It does. He served in both the Korea and Vietnam eligibility periods.
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SP5 Sonny Neal
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There is a military source where you can get a copy of the medals awarded to a family member as long as you show proof of kinship. Can’t remember the name of it tho
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