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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§9277 Medal of Honor; Air Force Cross; Distinguished-service Cross; Distinguished-service Medal; Silver Star: Replacement

Title 10 › Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 937 — DECORATIONS AND AWARDS › § 9277

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Any listed military medals and related bars, ribbons, rosettes, or similar devices that are lost, stolen, destroyed, or become unusable, if not the person's fault, must be replaced free of charge.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §9277

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Any medal of honor, Air Force cross, distinguished-service cross, distinguished-service medal, or silver star, or any bar, ribbon, rosette, or other device issued for wear with or in place of any of them, that is stolen, lost, or destroyed, or becomes unfit for use, without fault or neglect of the person to whom it was awarded, shall be replaced without charge.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 874710:1416.July 9, 1918, ch. 143 (14th par. under “Ordnance Department”), 40 Stat. 871. The words “issued for wear with or in place of any of them” are inserted for clarity. The words “presented under the provisions of this title” and “such medal, cross, bar, ribbon, rosette, or device” are omitted as surplusage.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8747 of this title as this section. 2001—Pub. L. 107–107 substituted “stolen, lost,” for “lost”. 1960—Pub. L. 86–593 inserted “Air Force cross” in section catchline and in text.

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

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 9277

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102