Bronze Star Medal

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United States military award military decoration

The Bronze Star Medal is a United States military decoration awarded for heroic or meritorious achievement or service in a combat zone.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Bronze Star Medal canonical 205
Bronze Star 5
Bronze Star Medal with "V" device 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States military award ⓘ
military decoration ⓘ
abbreviation BSM ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
surface form: Bronze Star
awardedFor acts of heroism not involving aerial flight ⓘ
heroic achievement in a combat zone ⓘ
heroic service in a combat zone ⓘ
meritorious achievement in a combat zone ⓘ
meritorious achievement not involving aerial flight ⓘ
meritorious service in a combat zone ⓘ
meritorious service not involving aerial flight ⓘ
awardingAuthority Secretary of a military department ⓘ
combatant commander ⓘ
campaignOrService Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan

World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateEstablished 1944-02-04 ⓘ
eligibility foreign soldiers serving with U.S. forces ⓘ
members of the United States Armed Forces ⓘ
establishedBy Executive Order 9419 ⓘ
President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
firstAwarded World War II ⓘ
hasDevice V device ⓘ
oak leaf cluster ⓘ
service star ⓘ
higherAward Defense Superior Service Medal ⓘ
Silver Star ⓘ
lowerAward Meritorious Service Medal ⓘ
Purple Heart ⓘ
material bronze ⓘ
mayBeAwardedPosthumously true ⓘ
notAwardedFor participation in aerial flight ⓘ
presentedBy United States Coast Guard ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense

Department of the Air Force ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of the Air Force

United States Department of the Army ⓘ
Department of the Navy ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of the Navy
relatedDecoration Army Commendation Medal ⓘ
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal ⓘ
ribbonColor blue ⓘ
red ⓘ
white ⓘ
shape bronze star ⓘ
theaterRequirement combat zone ⓘ
V deviceIndicates valor in combat ⓘ

Referenced by (216)

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

Chuck Yeager → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Ernest Hemingway → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
George S. Patton → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Leslie R. Groves Jr. → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
James Roosevelt II → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Maxwell D. Taylor → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Walter Bedell Smith → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Omar Bradley → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Legion of Merit → lowerAward → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
James M. Gavin → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Elliot Richardson → awarded → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Distinguished Flying Cross → relatedAward → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Carl Spaatz → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Audie Murphy → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
John F. Kelly → hasHonor → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Purple Heart → higherAward → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Matthew Ridgway → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Sterling Hayden → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
United States awards and decorations → includes → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Colin Powell (U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff) → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
subject surface form: Colin Powell
Tommy Franks → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
William Colby → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
United States Army General Mark W. Clark → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
subject surface form: Mark W. Clark
William Westmoreland → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
David Petraeus → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Lieutenant General Thomas F. Metz → hasHonor → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas F. Metz
Tom Ridge → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Hap Arnold → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Navy and Marine Corps Medal → lowerAward → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bronze Star Medal (with Combat "V")
John Eisenhower → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Bob Dole → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Bob Kerrey → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Daniel Inouye → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Jacob L. Devers → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Mark W. Clark → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Bronze Star Medal → alsoKnownAs → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bronze Star
John Kerry → hasHonor → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Alexander Haig → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
John McCain III (attended, transferred) → militaryAward → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
subject surface form: John McCain III
Beau Biden → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
James H. Doolittle → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Robert Mueller → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
General C. Robert Kehler → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
subject surface form: C. Robert Kehler
Paul M. Nakasone → hasHonor → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Silver Star Medal → lowerAward → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Silver Star Medal → relatedDecoration → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Lewis B. Puller → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Wesley Clark → militaryAward → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bronze Star
Jumpin' Jim → awardReceived → Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
subject surface form: James M. Gavin