Award Silver Star Medal Type Personal Valor Decoration Awarded for Gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States Presented by Status Currently awarded Established 9 July 1918 1918-07-09 : Army Citation Star SS Retroactive to 15 April 1861 19 July 1932 1932-07-19 : Silver Star Medal 7 August 1942: Navy, SSM Retroactive to 6 December 1941 16 December 1942: Army, SS Retroactive to 6 December 1941 First awarded August 1932 WWI Army Silver Star conversion Contents• | Irene Robar — Shock Team No |
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Since 21 December 2016, the DoD refers to the decoration as the "Silver Star Medal" | Military Times Hall Of Valor |
The next known servicewomen to receive the Silver Star were Army National Guard in 2005, for gallantry during an insurgent ambush on a convoy in and Army in March 2008, for extraordinary heroism as a in the.
22Independent groups estimate that between 100,000 and 150,000 SSMs have been awarded since the decoration was established | Military Times Hall of Valor |
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upgraded to the , 2014• Williams, Rudi 25 March 2004 | The three nurses Army nurses served without rank until 1920 were awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously:• Marine Corps, and for the U |
127, , for gallantry while "attending to the wounded during an artillery bombardment" in France on July 29, 1918• External links [ ] Wikimedia Commons has media related to | Department of the Air Force |
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EYEBROW PENCIL: CERA ALBA CANDELILLA CERA OZOKERITE BIS-DIGLYCERYL POLYACYLADIPATE-2 RICINUS COMMUNIS SEED OIL PHENOXYETHANOL SORBIC ACID | Female recipients [ ] Three Army nurses that served in World War I were cited in 1919 and 1920 with Citation Stars for gallantry in attending to the wounded while under artillery fire in July 1918 |