2019 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law
Part II - Personnel
Chapter 57 - Decorations and Awards
Sec. 1134 - Medal of honor: award to individual interred in Tomb of the Unknowns as representative of casualties of a war

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 1134 (2019)
Section Name §1134. Medal of honor: award to individual interred in Tomb of the Unknowns as representative of casualties of a war
Section Text

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.

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(Added Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, §561(a), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1917.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle A - General Military Law
PART II - PERSONNEL
CHAPTER 57 - DECORATIONS AND AWARDS
Sec. 1134 - Medal of honor: award to individual interred in Tomb of the Unknowns as representative of casualties of a war
Contains section 1134
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 118 Stat. 1917
Public Law References Public Law 108-375
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