Who's Eligible?
“THOSE WHO FOUGHT TOGETHER, BELONG TOGETHER”
For additional information regarding eligibility or to join our post, please contact us at
chalfont.vfw.3258@gmail.com or 267-614-0850.
VFW membership is available to all U.S. Citizens, honorably discharged from the U.S. armed forces and
who have earned an overseas campaign medal as indicated from the following chart below:
If you can wear one or more of the following ribbons or badges, you may be eligible to join the VFW.
Periods of VFW membership eligibility for overseas service are listed below. (Periods prior to World War I are not listed)
Holders of the following Badges qualify for VFW eligibility.
Holders of the following Badges ; Ribbons qualify for VFW eligibility.
Combat Action Ribbon
(Various periods of service)(Navy, Marine Corps)
Iraq Campaign Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal,
October 2001 - Present
Kosovo Campaign Medal
Service in Kosovo (dates not determined)
Service on the Korean Peninsula,
or in its territorial waters for thirty (30) consecutive or sixty (60) non- consecutive days from 30 June
1949, to a date indeterminate
(Overseas Service Ribbon).
Southwest Asia Service Medal (Desert Shield/Desert Storm)
2 Aug 1990 Indeterminate Combat areas of operation only
Personnel in support units serving in Israel 17 Jan. 1991 Indeterminate; Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Jordan
Vietnam Service Medal
4 July 1965 28 Mar. 1973
Marine Corps and Navy Corps Expeditionary Medal
Thailand Military Operation 16 May 1962 10 Aug. 1962
Cuban Military Operation 3 Jan.1961 23 Oct. 1962
Iranian, Yemen/Indian Ocean 8 Dec. 1978 6 June 1979; 21 Nov. 1979 20 Oct. 1981
Lebanon 20 Aug. 1982 31 Dec. 1983
Libyan Expedition 20 Jan. 1986 27 June 1986
Persian Gulf 1 Feb. 1987 23 July 1987
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Berlin 14 Aug. 1961 1 June 1963
Lebanon 1 July 1958 1 Nov. 1958
Quemoy and Matsu Islands 23 Aug. 1958 1 June 1963
Taiwan Straits 23 Aug. 1958 1 Jan. 1959
Congo 14 July 1960 1 Sep. 1962; 23 Nov. 1964 27 Nov.1964
Laos 19 Apr. 1961 7 Oct. 1962
Vietnam 1 July 1958 3 July 1965
Cuba 24 Oct. 1962 1 June 1963
Dominican Republic 28 Apr. 1965 21 Sep.1966
Korea 1 Oct. 1966 30 June 1974
Cambodia 29 Mar.1973 15 Aug. 1973
Thailand 29 Mar.1973 15 Aug. 1873 (direct support Cambodia Operations)
Evacuation of Cambodia 11-13 April 1975
Evacuation of Vietnam 29-30 April 1975
Mayaguez Operation 15 May 1975
Grenada Operation 23 Oct. 1983 21 Nov.1983
Lebanon 6 June 1983 1 Dec. 1987
Libyan Operation-El Dorado Canyon 12-17 April 1986
Persian Gulf- Earnest Will 24 July 1987 2 Aug.1990
Panama - Just Cause 20 Dec. 1989 31 Jan.1990
Somalia - Restore Hope 5 Dec. 1992 Indeterminate
Haiti - Uphold Democracy 16 Sep. 1994 Indeterminate
Bosnia - Joint Endeavor 20 Nov. 1995 - 19 Dec. 1996
Korean Defense Service Medal
Army, Navy Air Force 28 Jul 1954 - Present
Korean Service Medal
Army, Navy, Air Force 27 June 1950 27 Jul 1954
Navy Occupation Service Medal
Italy 8 May 1945 15 Dec. 1947
Trieste 8 May 1945 26 Oct. 1954
Asiatic Pacific 2 Sept. 1945 27 Apr 1952(Germany & Austria as noted above)
Army of Occupation
Italy May 1945 15 Sept. 1947 (30 consecutive days)
Occupation of Germany (except West Berlin) 8 May 1945 5 May 1955
Occupation of Germany (West Berlin) 9 May 1945 2 Oct. 1990
Austria 9 May 1945 27 July 1955
Korea 3 Sept.1945 29 June 1949
Japan 3 Sept.1945 27 April 1952
European-African- Middle Eastern Campaign Army-Navy
7 Dec. 1941 8 Nov. 1945
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Army-Navy
7 Dec. 1941 2 Mar. 1946
American Campaign Army-Navy
7 Dec. 1941 2 Mar.1946 (30 consecutive days or 60 days non-consecutive duty outside continental limits
of United States)
American Defense Service Army-Navy
8 Sep. 1939 7 Dec.1941 (with Foreign Service clasp)
World War I Victory Army
6 April 1917 1 Apr 1920; (with Battle/Service clasp Navy) 6 April 1917 30 Mar 1920 (including Siberia and
European Russia)
Army Occupation of Germany Army 12 Nov. 1918 11 July 1923
Second Nicaraguan Campaign Navy 27 Aug. 1926 2 Jan. 1933
Yangtze Service Navy 3 Sept. 1926 21 Oct. 1927; 1 Mar. 1930 31 Dec. 1932
China Service Navy 7 July 1937 7 Sep. 1939; 2 Sept. 1945 1 April 1957