10 U.S.C. § 7273

Distinguished-service medal: award

The President may award a distinguished-service medal of appropriate design and a ribbon, together with a rosette or other device to be worn in place thereof, to a person who, while serving in any capacity with the Army, distinguishes himself by exceptionally meritorious service to the United States in a duty of great responsibility.

( Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041 , 70A Stat. 216 , § 3743; renumbered § 7273, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(11) , Aug. 13, 2018 , 132 Stat. 1838 .)