Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§8300 Posthumous awards
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Summary
If a person earned an award but dies before it is given, the award and any medal, cross, bar, or related emblem can be presented to a representative chosen by the President. The presentation must happen within five years of the act or service that earned the award.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §8300
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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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 625034 U.S.C. 363.Feb. 4, 1919, ch. 14, § 8 (less 1st and 2d provisos), 40 Stat. 1057; renumbered § 10 and amended Aug. 7, 1942, ch. 551, § 1, 56 Stat. 745. 34 U.S.C. 364a (3d sentence, less last 31 words).
July 2, 1926, ch. 721, § 12 (3d sentence, less last 31 words), 44 Stat. 789;
July 30, 1937, ch. 545, § 4, 50 Stat. 549. The word “associated” is substituted for the word “other” to relate the medal or cross to its emblem or insignia.
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 8300, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 513; Aug. 21, 1957, Pub. L. 85–155, title III, § 301(11), 71 Stat. 388; July 12, 1960, Pub. L. 86–616, § 6(2), 74 Stat. 391; Nov. 8, 1967, Pub. L. 90–130, § 1(27)(B), 81 Stat. 382, provided for selection board procedure when promotion-list officers in regular grade of first lieutenant, captain, or major are to be considered for promotion under section 8299 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–513, title II, § 204, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2880, effective Sept. 15, 1981. See section 611 et seq. of this title.
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6250 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 8300
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73