Veterans Dates of Service

If you served durring these periods you are eligable for benefits:

Mexican Border Service
Minimum service: 90 days, at least one was during the campaign period
Campaign period: June 13, 1916 - February 3, 1917

World war I
Minimum service: 90 days, at least one was during the campaign period
Campaign period: April 6, 1917 - November 11, 1918

World War II
Minimum service: 90 days, at least one was during the campaign period
Campaign period: September 16, 1940 - December 31, 1946

Korean War
Minimum service: 90 days, at least one was during the campaign period
Campaign period: June 25, 1950 - January 31, 1955

Vietnam (first part)I
Minimum service: 90 days, at least one was during the campaign period
Campaign period: February 1, 1955 - August 4, 1964

Vietnam (second part)
Minimum service: 90 days, at least one was during the campaign period
Campaign period: August 5, 1964 - May 7, 1975

Lebanon
Minimum service: 90 days, at least one was during the campaign period
Campaign period: August 25, 1982 - undetermined

Grenada
Minimum service: 90 days, at least one was during the campaign period
Campaign period: October 25, 1983 - December 15, 1983

Panama
Minimum service: 90 days, at least one was during the campaign period
Campaign period: December 20, 1989 - January 31, 1990

Persian Gulf
Minimum service: 90 days, at least one was during the campaign period
Campaign period: August 2, 1990 - undetermined

Special Campaigns
Minimum service: 90 days, at least one was during the campaign period and receipt of campaign medal
Nicaraguan; 1912
Haitian; 1915
Dominican; 1916
Mexican Service; 1916
Vera Cruz; 1916
Second Nicaraguan; 1926-1933
Yangtze River; 1930 -1932
Second Yangtze River; 1937-1939

Minimum Service exception
It is not necessary that an applicant have completed the minimum service for wartime campaign if he or she served sometime in the campaign and was awarded the Purple heart, or suffered a service-connected disability, or died in the service under conditions other than dishonorable.