The Vietnam MIA Medal resulted from a resolution by Senator Robert Byrd (W.VA) and was established by Act of Congress (Section 1267 of PL 98-94) on September 24, 1983. The medal was created to be awarded by Congress to the close relatives of American ser
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Obverse description
Central Image is a Bald Eagle in a bamboo grove to symbolize an American in captivity in the jungle and on the Inner Edge written `Missing in Service Defending Freedom in Southwest Asia` `POW` `MIA `
Obverse lettering
MISSING WHILE SERVING IN THE DEFENSE
OF FREEDOM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
POW * MIA
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Reverse description
The Center a Medal with the Phrase `Service to the Republic of Vietnam`, Above the Medal `You are not Forgotten` below `By Act of Congress of September 1983`, the Around the Inner Edge `In Honor of the Americans Still Forgotten-1961-Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia-1973`
Reverse lettering
HONORING AMERICANS STILL MISSING
You Are Not
Forgotten
BY ACT OF
CONGRESS
SEPTEMBER 1983
REPUBLIC OF
VIETNAM SERVICE
EZS TMN
1961 * VIETNAM * LAOS * CAMBODIA * 1973
