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1 Department of the ArmyPamphlet 672 3 Decorations, awards , and HonorsUnit Citationand CampaignParticipationCredit RegisterHeadquartersDepartment of the ArmyWashington, DC29 January 1988 UnclassifiedSUMMARY of CHANGEDA PAM 672 3 Unit Citation and campaign participation Credit RegisterThis change--o Adds awards of the Joint Meritorious Unit Award and Army Superior Unit Awardapproved by the Secretary of Defense and the Chief of Staff, Army betweenFebruary 1986 and September 1987(throughout).o Corrects the references to Expands the years covered by the register to cover January 1960 to September1987 (chap 4).HeadquartersDepartment of the ArmyWashington, DC29 January 1988 Decorations, awards , and HonorsUnit Citation and campaign participation Credit RegisterDepartment of the ArmyPamphlet 672 3 History.

2 The original form of this regulationwas published on 28 October 1986. UPDATEp r i n t i n g o f 1 8 F e b r u a r y 1 9 8 8 p u b l i s h e dC h a n g e 1 . C h a n g e 1 w a s a u t h e n t i c a t e d b yCarl E. Vuono, General, United States Army,Chief of Staff, and Dilworth, BrigadierG e n e r a l , U n i t e d S t a t e s A r m y , T h e A d j u t a n tGeneral. This electronic edition publishes theoriginal 1986 edition and incorporates This pamphlet is published toassist commanders and personnel officers indetermining or establishing the eligibility ofindividual members for campaign participa-tion credit, assault landing credit, and unitcitation badges awarded during the VietnamConflict, the Grenada Operation, and the pe-riod of service subsequent to the VietnamC o n f l i c t u p t o t h e p r e s e n t t i m e.

3 A d d i t i o n a lu n i t a w a r d s a r e i n c l u d e d f o r m e r i t o r i o u sachievement in the continental United States(CONUS) and in foreign This pamphlet applies to Ac-t i v e A r m y , A r m y N a t i o n a l G u a r d ( A R N G ) ,and Army Reserve (USAR) r o p o n e n t a n d e x c e p t i o n a u t h o r i t y .Not on New Manning System. Thispamphlet does not contain information thataffects the new manning changes. Interim changes to thispamphlet are not official unless they are au-thenticated by The Adjutant General. Userswill destroy interim changes on their expira-t i o n d a t e u n l e s s s o o n e r s u p e r s e d e d o r r e u g g e s t e d I m p r o v e m e n t s.

4 T h e p r o p o -nent agency of this pamphlet is the Office ofthe Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel. Us-ers are invited to send comments and sug-g e s t e d i m p r o v e m e n t s o n D A F o r m 2 0 2 8(Recommended Changes to Publications andB l a n k F o r m s ) d i r e c t l y t oH Q D A ( D A P C A L A ) , A L E X , V A22332 Distribution of this publica-tion is made in accordance with DA Form12 9A R requirements for 672-series publi-cations. The number of copies distributed toa given subscriber is the number of copiesrequested in Block 491 of the subscriber sd i s t r i b u t i o n D A F o r m 1 2 9 A R.

5 D A P a m6 7 2 3 d i s t r i b u t i o n i s B f o r A c t i v e A r m y ,ARNG and USAR. Existing account quanti-ties will be adjusted and new account quanti-t i e s w i l l b e e s t a b l i s h e d u p o n r e c e i p t o f asigned DA Form 12-9U-R (Subscription forArmy UPDATE Publications Requirements)from the publications account (Listed by paragraph and page number)Purpose 1, page 1 References 2, page 1 Explanation of abbreviations 3, page 1 campaign dates 4, page 1 Arrangement of register 5, page 1 Miscellaneous information 6, page 1 Assault landing credits 7, page 1 campaign participation credits 8, page 1DA PAM 672 3 29 January 1988iUnclassifiedRESERVEDiiDA PAM 672 3 29 January 19881.

6 PurposeThis pamphlet is published to assist commanders and personnelofficers in determining or establishing the eligibility of individualmembers for campaign participation credit, assault landing credit,and unit Citation badges awarded during the Vietnam Conflict, theGrenada Operation, and the period of service subsequent to theVietnam Conflict up to September 1987. Additional unit awards arei n c l u d e d f o r m e r i t o r i o u s a c h i e v e m e n t i n t h e c o n t i n e n t a l U n i t e dStates (CONUS) and other foreign ReferencesAR 672 5 1, Military awards and AR 670 1, Wear and Appear-ance of Army Uniforms and Insignia, are related publications.

7 (Arelated publication is merely a source of additional information. Theuser does not have to read it to understand this pamphlet.)3. Explanation of abbreviationsThe following abbreviations are used in this pamphlet:a. A Assault AF Air Force Unit AFOEA Air Force Organizational Excellence AFOUA Air Force Outstanding Unit ASUA Army Superior Unit DAGO Department of the Army General F Foreign Unit Awardsh. JMUA Joint Meritorious Unit . M U C M e r i t o r i o u s U n i t C o m m e n d a t i o n ( A r m y , A i r F o r c e ,Navy or Marine Corps).j. N Navy Unit NUC Navy Unit PHILPUC Philippine Republic Presidential Unit PUC Presidential Unit Citation (Army, Air Force, Navy, orMarine Corps).

8 N. ROKPUC Republic of Korea Presidential Unit . R V N G C w B S R e p u b l i c o f V i e t n a m G a l l a n t r y C r o s s w i t hBronze . R V N G C w G S R e p u b l i c o f V i e t n a m G a l l a n t r y C r o s s w i t hGold RVNGCwSS Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Sil-ver VUA Valorous Unit campaign datesThis pamphlet contains a register of unit citations and campaignparticipation credits for the Vietnam Conflict, the Grenada Opera-tion, and the period of service subsequent to the Vietnam Conflictup to February 1986. Incorporated in this register are the followingtypes of information concerning all affected units:a.

9 campaign participation Assault landing Presidential Unit Joint Meritorious Unit Valorous Unit Navy Unit Meritorious Unit Air Force Outstanding Unit Air Force Organizational Excellence Army Superior Unit Foreign unit Arrangement of registerThis register contains 13 Tables 1 through 10 list Army units Table 11 lists Army units in alphabetical Table 12 lists awards , both alphabetically and numerically, tounits of other Services of the United Table 13 lists awards , both alphabetically and numerically, toforeign Miscellaneous informationa. Not more than one Republic of Vietnam (RVN) GallantryCross Unit Citation will be worn by any individual.

10 This precludeswear of the Vietnamese Fourragere which represents additional unitawards of the RVN Gallantry Cross. Although wear of multipleawards of this unit Citation badge is not authorized, official militarypersonnel and historical records will indicate all awards received. Inthose instances, however, where a single unit received duplicateVietnamese unit awards during the same period only one will berecorded in official military personnel and historical records. As anillustration, Battery D, 5th Battalion, 2d Artillery, was awarded theRVN Gallantry Cross with Palm during the following periods: 1 September 1968 to 15 March 1969 and 1 September 1968 to 30 September 1970.