Statute · United States Code
10 U.S.C. § 8300 — Posthumous awards
10 U.S.C. § 8300
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- United States Code
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 2025-01-06
- Topic
- international-arbitration
If a person who distinguishes himself dies before an award to which he is entitled is made, the award may be made and the medal, cross, or bar, or associated emblem or insignia may be presented, within five years from the date of the act or service justifying the award, to his representative as designated by the President.
Citator
10 U.S.C. § 8300 — Posthumous awards is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
If a person who distinguishes himself dies before an award to which he is entitled is made, the award may be made and the medal, cross, or bar, or associated emblem or insignia may be presented, within five years from the date of the act or service justifying the award, to his representative as designated by the President.