United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 10. ARMED FORCES |
SubTitle C. Navy and Marine Corps |
Part II. PERSONNEL |
Chapter 567. DECORATIONS AND AWARDS |
§ 6250. Posthumous awards
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If a person who distinguishes himself dies before an award to which he is entitled is made, the award may be made and the medal, cross, or bar, or associated emblem or insignia may be presented, within five years from the date of the act or service justifying the award, to his representative as designated by the President.
Historical And Revision
Historical and Revision Notes | ||
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Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
6250 | Feb. 4, 1919, ch. 14, § 8 (less 1st and 2d provisos), 40 Stat. 1057; renumbered § 10 and amended Aug. 7, 1942, ch. 551, § 1, 56 Stat. 745. | |
| 34 U.S.C. 364a (3d sentence, less last 31 words). | July 2, 1926, ch. 721, § 12 (3d sentence, less last 31 words), 44 Stat. 789; July 30, 1937, ch. 545, § 4, 50 Stat. 549. |
The word “associated” is substituted for the word “other” to relate the medal or cross to its emblem or insignia.