Periods of VFW membership eligibility for overseas service are listed below.
(Periods prior to World War I are not listed)
World War I Victory Army
6 April 1917 1 Apr 1920; (with Battle/Service clasp Navy) 6 April 1917 30 Mar 1920 (including Siberia and European Russia)
Army Occupation of Germany Army 12 Nov. 1918 11 July 1923
Second Nicaraguan Campaign Navy 27 Aug. 1926 2 Jan. 1933
Yangtze Service Navy 3 Sept. 1926 21 Oct. 1927; 1 Mar. 1930 31 Dec. 1932
China Service Navy 7 July 1937 7 Sep. 1939; 2 Sept. 1945 1 April 1957
American Defense Service Army-Navy
8 Sep. 1939 7 Dec.1941 (with foreign service clasp)
American Campaign Army-Navy
7 Dec. 1941 2 Mar.1946 (30 consecutive days or 60 days non-consecutive duty outside continental limits of United States)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Army-Navy
7 Dec. 1941 2 Mar. 1946
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Army-Navy
7 Dec. 1941 8 Nov. 1945
Army of Occupation
Italy May 1945 15 Sept. 1947 (30 consecutive days)
Occupation of Germany (except West Berlin) 8 May 1945 5 May 1955
Occupation of Germany (West Berlin) 9 May 1945 2 Oct. 1990
Austria 9 May 1945 27 July 1955
Korea 3 Sept.1945 29 June 1949
Japan 3 Sept.1945 27 April 1952
Navy Occupation Service Medal
Italy 8 May 1945 15 Dec. 1947
Trieste 8 May 1945 26 Oct. 1954
Asiatic Pacific 2 Sept. 1945 27 Apr 1952(Germany & Austria as noted above)
Korean Service Medal
Army, Navy, Air Force 27 June 1950 27 Jul 1954
Korean Defense Service Medal
Army, Navy Air Force 28 Jul 1954 - Present
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Berlin 14 Aug. 1961 1 June 1963
Lebanon 1 July 1958 1 Nov. 1958
Quemoy and Matsu Islands 23 Aug. 1958 1 June 1963
Taiwan Straits 23 Aug. 1958 1 Jan. 1959
Congo 14 July 1960 1 Sep. 1962; 23 Nov. 1964 27 Nov.1964
Laos 19 Apr. 1961 7 Oct. 1962
Vietnam 1 July 1958 3 July 1965
Cuba 24 Oct. 1962 1 June 1963
Dominican Republic 28 Apr. 1965 21 Sep.1966
Korea 1 Oct. 1966 30 June 1974
Cambodia 29 Mar.1973 15 Aug. 1973
Thailand 29 Mar.1973 15 Aug. 1873 (direct support Cambodia Operations)
Evacuation of Cambodia 11-13 April 1975
Evacuation of Vietnam 29-30 April 1975
Mayaguez Operation 15 May 1975
Grenada Operation 23 Oct. 1983 21 Nov.1983
Lebanon 6 June 1983 1 Dec. 1987
Libyan Operation-El Dorado Canyon 12-17 April 1986
Persian Gulf- Earnest Will 24 July 1987 2 Aug.1990
Panama - Just Cause 20 Dec. 1989 31 Jan.1990
Somalia - Restore Hope 5 Dec. 1992 Indeterminate
Haiti - Uphold Democracy 16 Sep. 1994 Indeterminate
Bosnia - Peace Keeping Force - dates not determined
Marine Corps and Navy Corps Expeditionary Medal
Thailand Military Operation 16 May 1962 10 Aug. 1962
Cuban Military Operation 3 Jan.1961 23 Oct. 1962
Iranian, Yemen/Indian Ocean 8 Dec. 1978 6 June 1979; 21 Nov. 1979 20 Oct. 1981
Lebanon 20 Aug. 1982 31 Dec. 1983
Libyan Expedition 20 Jan. 1986 27 June 1986
Persian Gulf 1 Feb. 1987 23 July 1987
Vietnam Service Medal
4 July 1965 28 Mar. 1973
Southwest Asia Service Medal (Desert Shield/Desert Storm)
2 Aug 1990 Indeterminate Combat areas of operation only
Personnel in support units serving in Israel 17 Jan. 1991 Indeterminate; Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Jordan
Service on the Korean Peninsula,
or in its territorial waters for thirty (30) consecutive or sixty (60) non- consecutive days from 30 June 1949, to a date indeterminate
(Overseas Service Ribbon).
Kosovo Campaign Medal
Service in Kosovo (dates not determined)
Iraq Campaign Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal,
October 2001 - Present
Combat Action Ribbon
(various periods of service)(Navy, Marine Corps)
Holders of the following badges
