Simple Question about KIA Vietnam Era Purple Hearts

[dhcoleterracina]

I seem to remember that at some point the government stopped engraving Purple Hearts issued to KIA's. Is this correct? Would, for example, a 1970 KIA Purple Heart be engraved? I tried to research but couldn't locate anything. Thanks in advance.

[tarbridge]

The Marine Corps quit as a rule around 1968...the Army still engraved.

[dhcoleterracina]

Thanks Robert, just what I was looking for.

[Dave]

I believe Frank Smith figure out that the Marines stopped around May 1968.

 

The Army, Air Force, and Navy kept on engraving. The Army still engraves posthumous medals; I've never seen an Air Force or Navy one post-2001, so I can't say for sure on those (the USS Cole one I photographed, from 2000, was not engraved). I can say the Marines still do not posthumously engrave their medals.

 

Dave

[tarbridge]

I believe Frank Smith figure out that the Marines stopped around May 1968.

 

The Army, Air Force, and Navy kept on engraving. The Army still engraves posthumous medals; I've never seen an Air Force or Navy one post-2001, so I can't say for sure on those (the USS Cole one I photographed, from 2000, was not engraved). I can say the Marines still do not posthumously engrave their medals.

 

Dave

In one of my topics involving a Vietnam Marine group I posted,it contains the actual letter explaining the cut off time for engraving.I will try to find it.

[tarbridge]

[Frank_Smith]

Robert - I don't recall ever seeing it before, but that is a great document. Frank