from colonial times to present
- All soldiers & sailors
- King Philip's War (1675-1678) aka First Indian War
- King William’s War (1689-1697) aka Second Indian War
- King George’s War (1744-1748), aka Third Indian War
- French and Indian War (1754-1763), aka Seven Years War (North American theater )
- American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
- Quasi War (1798-1800)
- First Barbary War (1801-1805)
- War of 1812 (1812-1815)
- Second Seminole War (1835-1842)
- Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Spanish–American War (1898)
- World War I (1917-1918)
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Korean War (1950-1953)
- Vietnam War (1953-1975)
- Persian Gulf War (1990-1991)
- Other service