| Vietnam Staff Service Medal | |
|---|---|
Awarded by  South Vietnam | |
| 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 |
| Statistics | |
| First awarded | 1964 |
| Last awarded | 1973 |
| Order of Wear[1] | |
| Next (higher) | Leadership Medal |
| Next (lower) | Technical Service Medal |
 First class medal ribbon  Second class medal ribbon | |
The Staff Service Medal (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]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll11/id/1236. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
External links[]
- Military awards of Vietnam and Cambodia
- Army Board for Correction of Military Records (Case File mentioning VSSM)
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