Coast Guard Medal

E442279

United States military award military decoration

The Coast Guard Medal is a United States military decoration awarded to members of the Coast Guard for acts of heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy.

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Label	Occurrences
Coast Guard Medal canonical	2

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4430046 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Coast Guard Medal
Context triple: [Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal, lowerThan, Coast Guard Medal]

A. Coast Guard Achievement Medal
The Coast Guard Achievement Medal is a United States military decoration awarded to Coast Guard personnel for outstanding professional achievement or meritorious service that does not meet the criteria for a higher-level award.
B. Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal
The Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal is a high-level United States military decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility within the U.S. Coast Guard.
C. Coast Guard Medal of Honor
The Coast Guard Medal of Honor is a proposed branch-specific version of the United States’ highest military decoration for valor in combat, intended to recognize extraordinary heroism by members of the U.S. Coast Guard.
D. Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
The Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal is a U.S. military decoration awarded to sailors and Marines for meritorious service or achievement that does not meet the criteria for higher-level commendations.
E. Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation
The Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation is a U.S. Coast Guard unit award recognizing collective outstanding service or achievement that surpasses normal expectations but is below the level required for higher unit decorations.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Coast Guard Medal
Target entity description: The Coast Guard Medal is a United States military decoration awarded to members of the Coast Guard for acts of heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy.

A. Coast Guard Achievement Medal
The Coast Guard Achievement Medal is a United States military decoration awarded to Coast Guard personnel for outstanding professional achievement or meritorious service that does not meet the criteria for a higher-level award.
B. Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal
The Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal is a high-level United States military decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility within the U.S. Coast Guard.
C. Coast Guard Medal of Honor
The Coast Guard Medal of Honor is a proposed branch-specific version of the United States’ highest military decoration for valor in combat, intended to recognize extraordinary heroism by members of the U.S. Coast Guard.
D. Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
The Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal is a U.S. military decoration awarded to sailors and Marines for meritorious service or achievement that does not meet the criteria for higher-level commendations.
E. Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation
The Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation is a U.S. Coast Guard unit award recognizing collective outstanding service or achievement that surpasses normal expectations but is below the level required for higher unit decorations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States military award ⓘ military decoration ⓘ
awardedFor	acts of heroism ⓘ heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy ⓘ
awardedTo	Coast Guard Auxiliary members serving with the Coast Guard ⓘ Coast Guard Reserve members NERFINISHED ⓘ enlisted personnel of the Coast Guard ⓘ officers of the Coast Guard ⓘ
awardingAuthority	Commandant of the Coast Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ delegated Coast Guard commanders ⓘ
conflictRequirement	no direct armed conflict with an enemy ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criteriaDetail	act must be above and beyond the call of duty ⓘ act must involve personal hazard or danger ⓘ voluntary risk of life ⓘ
eligibility	any service member serving in any capacity with the Coast Guard ⓘ members of the United States Coast Guard ⓘ
establishedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
establishedOn	1949-08-04 ⓘ
firstAwardedIn	1958 ⓘ
hasPostNominalLetters	no ⓘ
higherAward	Distinguished Flying Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ
isNonCombatDecoration	true ⓘ
isPersonalDecoration	true ⓘ
isValorDecoration	true ⓘ
lowerAward	Meritorious Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ
medalMaterial	bronze ⓘ
nonCombatValor	true ⓘ
obverseDesign	Coast Guard seal NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentedBy	United States Coast Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedAward	Airman's Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Navy and Marine Corps Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Soldier's Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ
reverseDesign	inscription "FOR HEROISM" ⓘ space for recipient name ⓘ
ribbonColor	gold ⓘ light blue ⓘ white ⓘ
serviceBranch	United States Coast Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ
serviceBranchType	maritime service ⓘ
shape	bronze octagon ⓘ
wearsOnUniform	after personal decorations for valor in combat ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal → lowerThan → Coast Guard Medal ⓘ

Gold Lifesaving Medal → relatedAward → Coast Guard Medal ⓘ

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