2017 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps
Part II - Personnel
Chapter 567 - Decorations and Awards
Sec. 6258 - Korea Defense Service Medal
| 10 U.S.C. § 6258 (2017) |
| §6258. Korea Defense Service Medal |
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(a) The Secretary of the Navy shall issue a campaign medal, to be known as the Korea Defense Service Medal, to each person who while a member of the Navy or Marine Corps served in the Republic of Korea or the waters adjacent thereto during the KDSM eligibility period and met the service requirements for the award of that medal prescribed under subsection (c). (b) In this section, the term "KDSM eligibility period" means the period beginning on July 28, 1954, and ending on such date after the date of the enactment of this section as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense to be appropriate for terminating eligibility for the Korea Defense Service Medal. (c) The Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe service requirements for eligibility for the Korea Defense Service Medal. Those requirements shall not be more stringent than the service requirements for award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for instances in which the award of that medal is authorized. |
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(Added Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title V, §543(c)(1), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2549, §6257; renumbered §6258, Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title X, §1084(d)(30), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2063.) |
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (b), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 107–314, which was approved Dec. 2, 2002. AMENDMENTS2004—Pub. L. 108–375 renumbered section 6257 of this title as this section. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
| Bills and Statutes |
| United States Code |
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| Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 567 - DECORATIONS AND AWARDS Sec. 6258 - Korea Defense Service Medal |
| section 6258 |
| 2017 |
| January 12, 2018 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 116 Stat. 2549 118 Stat. 2063 |
| Public Law 107-314, Public Law 108-375 |
