10 USC § 1127 - Precedence of the award of the Purple Heart

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title: "10 USC § 1127 - Precedence of the award of the Purple Heart"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "1127"
section_name: "Precedence of the award of the Purple Heart"
chapter_number: 57
chapter_name: "DECORATIONS AND AWARDS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 98–525, title V, § 553(a), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2532; amended Pub. L. 99–145, title V, § 533, Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 634.)"
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# § 1127. Precedence of the award of the Purple Heart

In prescribing regulations establishing the order of precedence of awards and decorations authorized to be displayed on the uniforms of members of the armed forces, the Secretary of the military department concerned shall accord the Purple Heart a position of precedence, in relation to other awards and decorations authorized to be displayed, not lower than that immediately following the bronze star.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 98–525, title V, § 553(a), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2532; amended Pub. L. 99–145, title V, § 533, Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 634.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1985— substituted “the bronze star” for “the lowest position accorded any award or decoration for valor”.