10 USC § 8300 - Posthumous awards

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8300"
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title: "10 USC § 8300 - Posthumous awards"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8300"
section_name: "Posthumous awards"
chapter_number: 837
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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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 390, § 6250; renumbered § 8300, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(13), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8300. Posthumous awards

If a person who distinguishes himself dies before an award to which he is entitled is made, the award may be made and the medal, cross, or bar, or associated emblem or insignia may be presented, within five years from the date of the act or service justifying the award, to his representative as designated by the President.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 390, § 6250; renumbered § 8300, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(13), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6250 | 34 U.S.C. 363. | Feb. 4, 1919, ch. 14, § 8 (less 1st and 2d provisos), 40 Stat. 1057; renumbered § 10 and amended Aug. 7, 1942, ch. 551, § 1, 56 Stat. 745. |
|  | 34 U.S.C. 364a (3d sentence, less last 31 words). | July 2, 1926, ch. 721, § 12 (3d sentence, less last 31 words), 44 Stat. 789; July 30, 1937, ch. 545, § 4, 50 Stat. 549. |

The word “associated” is substituted for the word “other” to relate the medal or cross to its emblem or insignia.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 8300, acts , ; , , ; , , ; , , , provided for selection board procedure when promotion-list officers in regular grade of first lieutenant, captain, or major are to be considered for promotion under , prior to repeal by , , , effective . See section 611 et seq. of this title.

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .