Vietnam Technical Service Medal (First Class) with Second Class Ribbon

The Vietnam Technical Service Medal was a decoration of the Republic of Vietnam that was awarded between the years of 1964 and 1972 during the years of the Vietnam War. National motto: ??? Official language Vietnamese Capital Saigon Last President Duong Van Minh Last Prime Minister Vu Van Mau Area  - Total  - % water 173,809km² N/A population  - Total  - Density 19,370,000 (1973 est. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... The Vietnam War was fought from 1957 to 1975 between communist and Vietnamese national forces and an array of Western and pro-Western forces, most importantly the United States. ...

Also known as the Republic of Vietnam Technical Service Honors Medal, the Technical Service Medal was bestowed in two classes, one for issuance to officers and the other class for enlisted personnel. The award appeared as a propellered disc suspended from a blue-grey ribbon. The second class version contained two vertical red lines while the first class medal displayed an additional set of thin red lines down the center of the award ribbon.

The award of the Technical Service Medal was open to both civilians and military personnel who had performed duties “as technicians or of a technical nature” and had demonstrated “outstanding professional capacity, initiative, and devotion to duty”. The decoration was therefore a “behind-the-lines” type of award, mainly awarded to those who were engaged in support and upkeep duties for units deployed to the front lines of the Vietnam War.

The two classes of the Vietnam Technical Service Medal were denoted by a slight variation in the award’s ribbon bar, with the suspension medal for the decoration identical in both cases. The Vietnam Technical Service Medal was occasionally bestowed to foreigners, but not to the extent as other well known Vietnamese awards such as the Vietnam Gallantry Cross, Civil Actions Medal, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. Gallantry Cross Medal and Unit Citation The Vietnam Gallantry Cross is a military decoration of South Vietnam which was established in August 1950. ... Vietnam Civil Actions Medal (First Class) with Second Class Ribbon The Vietnam Civil Actions Medal is a decoration of South Vietnam which was first established in 1964. ... The Vietnam Campaign Medal is a military award of South Vietnam which was established in 1966. ...

The Vietnam Technical Service Medal became obsolete upon the fall of South Vietnam in 1974. the award is today only available from private dealers in military insignia.