Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§1134 Medal of Honor: Award to Individual Interred in Tomb of the Unknowns as Representative of Casualties of a War
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 57 — DECORATIONS AND AWARDS › § 1134
Summary
A Medal of Honor given to someone buried as an unidentified casualty in the Tomb of the Unknowns stands for all unidentified service members from that war or armed conflict, not for the person.
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Title 10, §1134
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The medal of honor awarded posthumously to a deceased member of the armed forces who, as an unidentified casualty of a particular war or other armed conflict, is interred in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, is awarded to the member as the representative of the members of the armed forces who died in such war or other armed conflict and whose remains have not been identified, and not to the individual personally.
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10 U.S.C. § 1134
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102