****It is fair to state that the actual number of individual decorations awarded under combat conditions cannot be stated with absolute certainty. Normally during these periods, award approval authority for most decorations is delegated to field commanders. That is, the system is decentralized to provide for more timely recognition of the combat soldier. The numbers for the individual decorations shown on these charts represent only those awards that were properly processed and reported to Headquarters, Department of the Army. These charts reflect the current statistics recorded by the Military Awards Branch.

Global War on Terrorism
Award	OEF	OIF	Total
Medal of Honor	0	2	2
Distinguished Service Cross	3	14	17
Silver Star	118	391	509
Legion of Merit	8	68	76
Distinguished Flying Cross	73	99	172
Soldier's Medal	25	97	122
Bronze Star Medal for Valor	978	1,998	2,976
Bronze Star Medal svc/ach	16005	67,921	83,926
Purple Heart	2,234	19,849	22,083
Meritorious Service Medal*	3,681	14,905	18,586
Air Medal for Valor	448	604	1052
Air Medal svc/ach	4202	14303	18,505
ARCOM for valor	1905	4,682	6,587
ARCOM svc/ach	26729	221,596	248,325
Army Achievement Medal*	7,046	20,618	27,664
Combat Infantryman Badge	12,956	35,216	48,172
Combat Medical Badge	2,155	11,476	13,631
Combat Action Badge	9,684	52,163	61,847
Total	88,250	466,002	554,252

****It is fair to state that the actual number of individual decorations awarded under combat conditions cannot be stated with absolute certainty. Normally during these periods, award approval authority for most decorations is delegated to field commanders. That is, the system is decentralized to provide for more timely recognition of the combat soldier. The numbers for the individual decorations shown on these charts represent only those awards that were properly processed and reported to Headquarters, Department of the Army. These charts reflect the current statistics recorded by the Military Awards Branch.

Purple Heart
EVENT/INCIDENT	COUNTRY	DATE(S)	TOTAL	NOTES
PH awarded 1932			4
Vietnam Conflict	Southeast Asia	Jul 58-Apr 75	220,521	*
Terrorist Attack	Germany	Jun '76	1
DMZ Incident	Korea	Aug '76	2
Terrorist Attack	Germany	Sep '81	1
Assassination	France	Jan '82	1
UN Vehicle Land Mine	Lebanon	Sep '82	1
Terrorist Attack	Germany	Dec '82	1
Aircraft Shootdown	El Salvador	Feb '83	1
Embassy Bombing	Lebanon	Apr '83	6
Airport Bombing	Lebanon	Oct '83	4
Operation URGENT FURY	Grenada	Oct 83-Nov 83	233	*
Aircraft Shootdown	Honduras	Jan '84	1
Terrorist Attack	Greece	Apr '84	1
Terrorist Attack	Namibia	Apr '84	1
Terrorist Attack	Lebanon	Sep '84	2
DMZ Incident	Korea	Nov '84	1
Terrorist Attack	Belgium	Jan '85	1
Terrorist Attack	Greece	Feb '85	2
Soviet Guard Shooting	Germany	Mar '85	1
Terrorist Attack (Beating)	Lebanon	Jun '85	1
Terrorist Attack	Germany	Aug '85	1
Post Exchange (PX) Bombing - Frankfurt	Germany	Nov '85	10
Disco Bombing - Berlin	Germany	Apr '86	53
Insurgent Attack	El Salvador	Mar '87	1
MFO Vehicle Land Mine	Sinai, Egypt	May '88	4
Terrorist Attack	Honduras	Jul '88	6
Aircraft Bombing (Pan Am Flight 103)	Scotland	Dec '88	12
Insurgent Attack	El Salvador	Nov '89	1
Operation JUST CAUSE	Panama	Dec 89-Jan 90	229	*
Aircraft Shootdown	El Salvador	Jan '91	3
Operation DESERT STORM	Southwest Asia	Jan 91-Apr 91	504
Terrorist Attack	Panama	Jun '92	2
Peacekeeper Incident (Wounding)	West Sahara	Jun '92	1
Peacekeeper Incident (Wounding)	Kuwait	Oct '92	1
Operation RESTORE HOPE	Somalia	Dec 92-Mar 95	188	*
Blackhawk Shootdown	Iraq	Apr '94	14
Operation UPHOLD DEMOCRACY	Haiti	Sep 94-Mar 95	3
DMZ Incident	Korea	Dec '94	2
Office Building Bombing - Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	Nov '95	60	+
Operation Joint Endeavor/Guard	Former Yugoslavia	Dec 95-TBA	16
Khobar Towers Bombing - Dhahran	Saudi Arabia	Jun '96	5	+
Kosovo Operations	Bosnia/Kosovo	29 Mar - TBA	16
Terrorist Attacks - 11 Sep 01	Pentagon	11 Sep 01	58
Operation Enduring Freedom	Afghanistan /GWOT AOE	5 Dec 01 - TBA	2,344
Operation Iraqi Freedom	Iraq/GWOT AOE	15 Mar 03 - TBA	20,000
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TOTALS			244,321
* Event/Incident in Italics Indicates Wartime Awards Authority for Purple Heart.
+ Includes Purple Hearts Awarded to DOD/DA Civilians by HQDA.