Vietnam Staff Service Medal Explained

Republic of Vietnam Staff Service Medal
Type:Two-class award
Eligibility:Soldiers who have served at least six months on military staff
Awarded For:exemplary service while performing military duty on the staff of a major Vietnamese military command
Status:No longer awarded
Firstawarded:1964
Lastawarded:1973
Precedence Label:Order of Wear
Higher:Leadership Medal
Lower:Technical Service Medal

The Republic of Vietnam Staff Service Medal (Vietnamese: Tham-Mưu Bội-Tinh) was a military award of South Vietnam established in 1964. The medal was awarded in two classes and was awarded for outstanding initiative and devotion an individuals assigned staff duty.

Criteria

To be awarded the Staff Service Medal, a service member must have performed military duty, while serving on a military staff, of the Republic of Vietnam. Recipients must have shown, "...outstanding initiative and devotion to their assigned staff duty".[1] The Staff Service Medal was presented in two classes for such service with the first class for officers and the second class for non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel. The two different grades were annotated by border coloring on the medal’s ribbon, the first class being green and the second class blue.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: HUY CHUONG AN THUONG TRONG QUAN-LU'C VlET-NAM CONG-HOA (Medals and Decorations of the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces) . Government of the Republic of Vietnam . 1967. 30 August 2016.