Mil. & Vet. Code, § 642.5 · Chapter 2. Military Rewards and Decorations

Mil. & Vet. Code, § 642.5

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

A Memorial Medal may be presented posthumously to any person who, while an officer, warrant officer, or enlisted member of the National Guard, the State Guard, or the Naval Militia is killed in the service of the state or the United States.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 97, Sec. 36. (AB 2193) Effective January 1, 2021.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=MVC&sectionNum=642.5.
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