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Quick Question on CIB Issue ?


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Hello Guys, I'm looking to confirm if a certian MOS would qualify for a C.I.B. within the normal performance of their duties ? We all know the Infantry branch would receive them, but what about a G.I. assigned to an Mechanized Infantry unit ? I was going through an old box within my collection, & came across one of my Vietnam era WIA PHM's. As purchased, this group included a 'Sterling' mk'd CIB, amongst the other items in the group. The recipient was an APC Driver with Co. B, 22nd Mech. Inf. Regt., 25th I/D. My question is; Did the Mechanized Infantry men also qualify for the CIB, or was it just regular Infantry types ? I wanted to verify the award, as although a CIB was present as purchased, I just wanted to make sure that it wasn't an 'add on' by a previous owner. I picked the group at a gun show back in the 1980's so I don't know who had it prior to me ? THANK YOU Guys,

 

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Dom,

 

That soldier would have been eligible to receive a CIB.

 

I think the old MOS was 11M - but any 11-series MOS would qualify.

 

Kyle

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A mechanized infantryman is an infantryman. The only difference between a mech infantryman, light infantryman, airborne infantryman, etc. is how they arrive.

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THANK YOU Gents, I was leaning towards that assumption, but just wished to confirm. I always try to verify my groups haven't been messed with, but as this war a gun show find, I figured I should check.

 

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RegularsByGod

Here are the MOS for Infantry during Vietnam:

 

11B Infantryman
11C Indirect Fire Infantryman
11D Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
11E Armor Crewman
11F Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist
11G Infantry Senior Sergeant
11H Infantry Direct Fire Crewman
11Z Infantry Senior Sergeant

 

Any one of those prefixes made a soldier eligible to receive a CIB.

 

The 11M MOS did not come into use until after Vietnam.

 

In September 1969 about a dozen of us who had just completed Infantry AIT at Fort Polk, Louisiana were sent to Fort Knox, Kentucky to take a three week APC driver course. Graduation of the course changed our MOS from 11B10 to 11B2U.

 

A soldier did not have to undergo the formal training at Fort Knox to be assigned as an APC driver in Vietnam.

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