Periods Of War Defined

[Tbird]

there are occassions when it does matter if you are era veteran or not, for example if you served during periods as defined below but not in combat you would still be considered that era veteran.

hope some find this helpful

Title 38: Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief

PART 3—ADJUDICATION

Subpart A—Pension, Compensation, and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation

General

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§ 3.2 Periods of war.

This section sets forth the beginning and ending dates of each war period beginning with the Indian wars. Note that the term period of war in reference to pension entitlement under 38 U.S.C. 1521, 1541 and 1542 means all of the war periods listed in this section except the Indian wars and the Spanish-American War. See §3.3(a)(3) and (b)(4)(i).

(a) Indian wars. January 1, 1817, through December 31, 1898, inclusive. Service must have been rendered with the United States military forces against Indian tribes or nations.

(b) Spanish-American War. April 21, 1898, through July 4, 1902, inclusive. If the veteran served with the United States military forces engaged in hostilities in the Moro Province, the ending date is July 15, 1903. The Philippine Insurrection and the Boxer Rebellion are included.

© World War I. April 6, 1917, through November 11, 1918, inclusive. If the veteran served with the United States military forces in Russia, the ending date is April 1, 1920. Service after November 11, 1918 and before July 2, 1921 is considered World War I service if the veteran served in the active military, naval, or air service after April 5, 1917 and before November 12, 1918.

(d) World War II. December 7, 1941, through December 31, 1946, inclusive. If the veteran was in service on December 31, 1946, continuous service before July 26, 1947, is considered World War II service.

(e) Korean conflict. June 27, 1950, through January 31, 1955, inclusive.

(f) Vietnam era. The period beginning on February 28, 1961, and ending on May 7, 1975, inclusive, in the case of a veteran who served in the Republic of Vietnam during that period. The period beginning on August 5, 1964, and ending on May 7, 1975, inclusive, in all other cases.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101(29)) (g) Future dates. The period beginning on the date of any future declaration of war by the Congress and ending on a date prescribed by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101) (h) Mexican border period. May 9, 1916, through April 5, 1917, in the case of a veteran who during such period served in Mexico, on the borders thereof, or in the waters adjacent thereto.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101(30)) (i) Persian Gulf War. August 2, 1990, through date to be prescribed by Presidential proclamation or law.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101(33))

[26 FR 1563, Feb. 24, 1961, as amended at 32 FR 13223, Sept. 19, 1967; 36 FR 8445, May 6, 1971; 37 FR 6676, Apr. 1, 1972; 40 FR 27030, June 26, 1975; 44 FR 45931, Aug. 6, 1979; 56 FR 57986, Nov. 15, 1991; 62 FR 35422, July 1, 1997]

[Jayg]

Pete oneof the things I remember most about Ledward barracks was the fact we were in the middle of town, small base like you say and we were a mech infantry unit, so every time we went on alert the Germans raced to park their cars on the street near the motor pool what ever cars gor ran over by the tracks the Army basically bought and paid for them a new vehicle even if they were driving a cut down airplane made into a car, or a 200 dollar VW the German always seemed to get a new Mercedes out of it.... and do not run over a chicken in germany you could go broke rofl

Fruit tree either! (I'm the one from Ledward ;) ) Concerning either, they didn't just buy them a new chicken or tree, they figured and paid through future loss. A chicken was rated for the length of it's life and quantity of eggs itcould be expected to produce in a normal life span. Same thing on any fruit bearing tree. They told us about that during a reforger exercise where we were running around the countryside instead of our usual FTX areas. That was also the only time we went to the field in the summer excepting a couple of alerts. That reforger was actually fun. We even captured (literally) a French* observer who got too close to things.

*Yes, I know. The French were not a part of NATO. But they were allowed to send LRRPs to the a/o of the exercise to watch on the fringes. We were to consider them quasi hostile(? B) ) and to be advised since they carried long distance French codes and they carried live ammunition. (oh joy) We halted for a night on the outskirts of a town and one of our roving patrols spotted a Frenchie on foot. We chased him through town and cornered him. For whatever reason the guy grabbed at his slung weapon and our guy butt stroked him. (broke the stock off that flimsy little M16) The fellow was really worried about an international incident but our old First sgt pointed out that this guy was hardly likely to call Paris and tell them he let himself get caught! I guess he was right, we never heard another word about it. We patched the guy up and let him go in the AM when we pulled out.

[Pete53]

We had a German Tailor who worked out of the basement of our barracks. He knew about alerts the day before. Only the move out alerts though.

We called the Germans Rads short for comrads and yes they lived to collect damages from us. However the truth was many of the damages were intentional.