Medal - Vietnam War POW/MIA
Features
| Location |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Military medals |
| Year | 1983 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 22 g |
| Diameter | 33.7 mm |
| Thickness | 2.8 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 191281 |
Commemorative issue
Medal in Honor of Soldiers Missing in Action in the Southwest Asian War
Obverse
Central Image is a Bald Eagle in a bamboo grove to symbolize an American in captivity in the jungle and on the Inner Edge written "Missing in Service Defending Freedom in Southwest Asia" "POW" "MIA "
Script: Latin
Lettering:
MISSING WHILE SERVING IN THE DEFENSE OF FREEDOM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
POW * MIA
Engravers: Matthew Peloso, Thomas Y. Martin
Reverse
The Center a Medal with the Phrase "Service to the Republic of Vietnam", Above the Medal "You are not Forgotten" below "By Act of Congress of September 1983", the Around the Inner Edge "In Honor of the Americans Still Forgotten-1961-Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia-1973"
Script: Latin
Lettering:
HONORING AMERICANS STILL MISSING
You Are Not
Forgotten
BY ACT OF
CONGRESS
SEPTEMBER 1983
REPUBLIC OF
VIETNAM SERVICE
EZS TMN
1961 * VIETNAM * LAOS * CAMBODIA * 1973
Engravers: Edgar Zell Steever, Thomas Y. Martin
Mint
United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)Comments
The Vietnam MIA Medal resulted from a resolution by Senator Robert Byrd (W.VA) and was established by Act of Congress (Section 1267 of PL 98-94) on September 24, 1983. The medal was created to be awarded by Congress to the close relatives of American service members still listed as missing in action in Southeast Asia.
NOTE: P.O.W. (prisoners of war), M.I.A. (Missing in action/Missing in Action).
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1983 | |||||||||||||||
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