

Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Silver Star Ribbon.Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Gold Star Ribbon.Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Ribbon.See also: South Vietnamese decorations for United States Service Members Senior leadership decorations If an award recipient no longer possesses an original award, companies or individuals have available for purchase South Vietnam's military insignia and awards.

military units or in an award recipient's service record, so those may be available to an award recipient looking for confirmation of a (defunct) foreign country award received.ĭespite being obsolete, earned foreign South Vietnam decorations and awards remain authorized for US military members who received awards. Records or evidence of awards were sometimes maintained by U.S. With the fall of South Vietnam, that country's official records of who received which awards disappeared. Therefore, the country of South Vietnam's awards and decorations are considered obsolete. South Vietnam as a country ceased to exist after North Vietnam's victory in the Vietnam War. North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand and the United States all issued awards and decorations to their personnel during, or after, the conflict. JSTOR ( August 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īwards and decorations of the Vietnam War were military decorations which were bestowed by the major warring parties that participated in the Vietnam War.Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: "Awards and decorations of the Vietnam War" – news Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources.
