Ribbon Rack Order

My grandfather earned the WW 2 Victory, EAME, Good Conduct, Purple Heart, American Defense Service, and a Presidential Unit Citation. What is the proper order placing these ribbons on a ribbon bar?

 

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That's what I came up with. I couldn't find a Presidential unit citation it would be worn over the right pocket instead of the left.​

 

Nice work. You sure you weren't admin?

 

I'm a "Stitch Nazi". The Marines don't give out all those sparkly things with out teaching you how to wear them.

When I was in the Guard I had a copy of: 670-1para 27-3d(2) in my possesion at all times laminated and carried in the left breast pocket next to my ID Card and my chit for white cotton socks.

 

I thought so....

 

Thanks for the help, I never have seen the PUC worn as a ribbon before but always over the right pocket, however when I ordered the medal and received it they gave me a ribbon, had to order the in they wear over their right pocket, I want to make sure I display my grandfathers ribbons correctly thanks once again for teh help

 

The Navy and Marines wear them on the left, the way God intended. Splitting the awards between two pockets is just one of the many issues that the Army has with their uniforma.

 

That is one thing I never understood as to why they would be split, the one pic I have of my grandfather shows the split, but I am dumbfounded

 

It's just the way they did it

 

Thanks for all your help

 

The Army wears unit citations and foreign awards (to include jump wings from foreign militaries as well) on the right to distinguish from unit/foreign awards and personal awards. The only reason the Marines wear everything on the left is that they are part of the Navy, and the Navy dictates how business is conducted in the Department of the Navy.

Unit citations are worn only when the service member is assigned to that unit. When he transfers to another unit, that unit citation is no longer authorized for wear. Remember the "Replacements" episode in "Band of Brothers", the new men coming in were authorized to wear the unit citation that the others earned in Normandy, but it was worn on the right side. They weren't involved in the actions that warranted the award, but were part of the unit that earned it, as a unit. Individually earned awards were and still are worn on the left.

 

Yes Yes the Marines are a department of the navy.....yadda yadda yadda; the MEN'S department!......I will come down there and smack a knot on your head if you keep it up.

 

I thought so....

 

" All members of the unit may wear the decoration (PUC), whether or not they personally participated in the acts for which the unit was cited. Only those assigned to the unit at the time of the action cited may wear the decoration as a permanent award."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(United_States)

Not looking for any knots on the head, but just wanted to tweak A-58's answer a bit.
It does make a difference if the serviceman actually earned the award--for him, it's permanent.

Hey, cobblejohn, if you put that web page together on your grandfather you did one great job. Also, I'd check with NARA whether your grandfather shouldn't get the American Campaign Medal--almost every WWII vet I got medals for had the ACM included. All four of my brothers took basic, second eight and shipped overseas and each received one.

 

Hehe. Mens dept. Snap.

 

Buten42,

I will check into that the medals he received I got off his DD-214, but I will check into that.

Regarding the website, yep my brother and I put it together. It started as a Christmas gift for my parents and my grandmother, but it just grew and grew, and since we debuted it on the Dec 24th, I have discovered so much more information, that we are in the midst of redoing the site.

The most interesting thing that happened through our site we were able to connect with a gentleman who's father (is still alive) fought with the 4th and my grandfather was his jeep driver, he was able to give us a picture of him after they received their medals, and also he was able to tell us in detail the day my grandfather got shot in the foot