[Title 32 CFR 578.38]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 2002 Edition]
[Title 32 - NATIONAL DEFENSE]
[Chapter V - DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY]
[Subchapter F - PERSONNEL]
[Part 578 - DECORATIONS, MEDALS, RIBBONS, AND SIMILAR DEVICES]
[Sec. 578.38 - Mexican Service Medal.]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


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Sec. 578.38  Mexican Service Medal.

    Established by WD General Orders 155, 1917.
    (a) Description. The medal of bronze is 1\1/4\ inches in diameter. 
On the obverse is the Mexican Yucca plant in flower, with mountains in 
the background. Above the yucca plant are the words ``Mexican Service'' 
in the upper half and in the lower half the dates ``1911-1917'' arranged 
in a circle. The reverse is the same as that of the Indian Campaign 
Medal. The medal is suspended by a ring from a silk moire ribbon 1\3/8\ 
inches in length and 1\3/8\ inches in width composed of a green stripe 
(\1/8\ inch), yellow band (\3/8\ inch), blue band (\3/8\ inch), yellow 
band (\3/8\ inch), and green stripe (\1/8\ inch).
    (b) Requirements. Service in any of the following expeditions or 
engagements:
    (1) With the Vera Cruz Expedition in Mexico between April 24, 1914, 
and November 26, 1914.
    (2) With the Punitive Expedition in Mexico between March 14, 1916, 
and February 7, 1917.
    (3) In the following engagements:
    (i) Buena Vista, Mexico, December 1, 1917.
    (ii) San Bernardino Canon, Mexico, December 26, 1917.
    (iii) La Grulla, Texas, January 8 and 9, 1918.
    (iv) Pilares, Mexico, March 28, 1918.
    (v) Nogales, Arizona, August 27, 1918, or November 1 to 5, 1915.
    (vi) El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, June 15 and 16, 1919.
    (vii) Any other action against hostile Mexicans in which United 
States troops were killed or wounded between April 12, 1911, and 
February 7, 1917.

[13 FR 6799, Nov. 19, 1948]