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Distinguished Service Medals
File:Defense Distinguished Service Medal ribbon.svg File:Defense Distinguished Service Medal.png

File:Defense Superior Service Medal ribbon.svg File:Defense Superior Service Medal.png

File:Navy Distinguished Service Medal ribbon.svg File:NavyDSM.png

File:U.S._Army_Distinguished_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg File:Distservmedal.jpg

File:Coast_Guard_Distinguished_Service_ribbon.svg File:CGDSM.jpg

Commendation and Achievement Medals
File:Joint_Service_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg

File:Army_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg

File:Navy_and_Marine_Corps_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg

File:Air_Force_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg

File:U.S._Coast_Guard_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg File:Joint_Service_Achievement_Medal_ribbon.svg

File:Army_Achievement_Medal_ribbon.svg

File:Navy_and_Marine_Corps_Achievement_Medal_ribbon.svg

File:Air_Force_Achievement_Medal_ribbon.svg

File:U.S._Coast_Guard_Achievement_Medal_ribbon.svg

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File:Distinguished Service Cross ribbon.svg File:Army distinguished service cross medal.jpg

File:Navy Cross ribbon.svg File:Navy Cross.png

File:Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg File:Silver_Star_medal.png

File:Legion_of_Merit_ribbon.svg File:Us_legion_of_merit_legionnaire.png

File:Distinguished_Flying_Cross_ribbon.svg

File:Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg

File:Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg

File:Meritorious_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg

File:Air_Medal_ribbon.svg

Expeditionary Medals
File:Navy_Expeditionary_Medal_ribbon.svg

File:Marine_Corps_Expeditionary_Medal_ribbon.svg

Campaign Medals

 * File:American_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg
 * File:American_Defense_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg
 * File:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg
 * File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_ribbon.svg
 * File:World_War_I_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg
 * File:World_War_II_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg
 * File:China_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg
 * File:Southwest_Asia_Service_Medal_ribbon_(1991–2016).svg
 * File:Vietnam_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg
 * File:Republic_of_Vietnam_Campaign_Medal_ribbon,_with_60-_clasp.svg
 * File:Vietnam_Gallantry_Cross,_with_palm.svg
 * File:Vietnam_gallantry_cross_unit_award-3d.svg
 * File:Gallantry_Cross_Unit_Citation.png
 * File:Southwest_Asia_Service_Medal_ribbon_(1991–2016).svg
 * File:Vietnam_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg
 * File:Republic_of_Vietnam_Campaign_Medal_ribbon,_with_60-_clasp.svg
 * File:Vietnam_Gallantry_Cross,_with_palm.svg
 * File:Vietnam_gallantry_cross_unit_award-3d.svg
 * File:Gallantry_Cross_Unit_Citation.png
 * File:Vietnam_Gallantry_Cross,_with_palm.svg
 * File:Vietnam_gallantry_cross_unit_award-3d.svg
 * File:Gallantry_Cross_Unit_Citation.png
 * File:Vietnam_gallantry_cross_unit_award-3d.svg
 * File:Gallantry_Cross_Unit_Citation.png
 * File:Gallantry_Cross_Unit_Citation.png

General order of precedence
The precedence of particular awards will vary slightly among the different branches of service. All awards and decorations may be awarded to any service member unless otherwise designated by name or notation.

Note: The precedence of the Purple Heart was immediately before the Good Conduct Medals until changed to its current precedence in 1985.

Inactive and obsolete awards
U.S. military personnel having received these awards have participated within these areas of combat/conflict during the time these awards were given to U.S. service members. Such awards have since been discontinued or are no longer applicable in terms of receiving these commendations.

Discontinued or proposed
The following decorations were designed for issuance with an approved medal, but were either never officially approved for presentation or were discontinued before a first award could be made.

Single service awards
Single service awards were official military decorations created as one time awards to recognize a single event. The first such single service award was issued during the Spanish–American War by the Revenue Cutter Service to honor the actions of the vessel USRC Hudson during the Battle of Cárdenas. The last single service award was issued in 1960 when Congress authorized the awarding of the Four Chaplains' Medal recognizing the Four Chaplains who died together during World War II. There have been no single service awards issued since by the U.S. military, mainly due to the decline and complications of awarding commemorative service medals.

Unofficial decorations
Unofficial decorations are those military awards created and issued by local commanders. In most cases, unofficial awards were designed to commemorate a specific battle or engagement of a commander's unit. The most well known unofficial awards were issued during the American Civil War.

After the Civil War, stricter military regulations prohibited local commanders from issuing awards and the practice had fallen into disuse by the 20th century. Even so, the Department of Defense has stated that large numbers of unofficial medals were privately issued to members of the Armed Forces of the United States for many years after the Civil War, mostly to commemorate specific battles, events, or as private veteran memorabilia. One of the more well known is the Walter Reed Medal (recognized today as a Congressional Gold Medal), awarded for exploratory scientific achievement in the field of malaria treatment. While presented as a gold medallion, members of the military were reported to wear a red ribbon on their uniforms to denote the decoration.