10 U.S.C. § 1134

Current through P.L. 118-107 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/21/2024)
Section 1134 - Medal of honor: award to individual interred in Tomb of the Unknowns as representative of casualties of a war

The medal of honor awarded posthumously to a deceased member of the armed forces who, as an unidentified casualty of a particular war or other armed conflict, is interred in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, is awarded to the member as the representative of the members of the armed forces who died in such war or other armed conflict and whose remains have not been identified, and not to the individual personally.

10 U.S.C. § 1134

Added Pub. L. 108-375, div. A, title V, §561(a), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1917.
armed forces
The term "armed forces" means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.