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The Service concerned must award the Vietnam Service Medal to a member if each of the following is true:
- At least one of the following is true:
- The member served at any time between July 4, 1965 and March 28, 1973, in the Vietnam Area of Operation or airspace there-over.
- The member served at any time between July 4, 1965 and March 28, 1973, in Thailand, Laos, or Cambodia, their contiguous waters, or the airspaces there-over, and in direct support of operations in Vietnam.
- At least one of the following is true:
- The member was permanently assigned, attached, or detailed with an organization participating in or directly supporting military ground operations for at least one day.
- The member was permanently assigned, attached, or detailed aboard a naval vessel directly supporting military operations for at least one day.
- The member actually participated as a crew member in one or more aerial flights directly supporting military operations.
- The member served on temporary duty for thirty consecutive days or sixty non-consecutive days directly supporting military operations.
- The member served in combat operations for less than thirty consecutive days or sixty non-consecutive days in the area of operations and had the temporary duty time limitations waived. |