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Meritorious Service Medal

military award presented to members of the United States Armed Forces
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Meritorious Service Medal

Summary

Meritorious Service Medal is a medallion[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of medallion entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (691 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Meritorious Service Medal is in the country of United States[3].
  • Meritorious Service Medal's image is recorded as Meritorious Service w medal.svg[4].
  • Meritorious Service Medal's instance of is recorded as medallion[5].
  • Meritorious Service Medal's instance of is recorded as military decoration[6].
  • Meritorious Service Medal's founder is recorded as Lyndon B. Johnson[7].
  • Meritorious Service Medal's subclass of is recorded as awards and decorations of the United States military[8].
  • Meritorious Service Medal's Commons category is recorded as Meritorious Service Medal (United States)[9].
  • Meritorious Service Medal's archives at is recorded as National Personnel Records Center[10].
  • +1969-01-16T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Meritorious Service Medal[11].
  • Meritorious Service Medal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/046t4x[12].
  • Meritorious Service Medal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Meritorious Service Medal (United States)[13].
  • Meritorious Service Medal's conferred by is recorded as President of the United States[14].
  • Meritorious Service Medal's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Meritorious Service Medal'}[15].
  • Meritorious Service Medal's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Meritorious Service Medal'}[16].
  • Meritorious Service Medal's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'MSM'}[17].
  • Meritorious Service Medal's service ribbon image is recorded as Meritorious Service Medal ribbon.svg[18].
  • Meritorious Service Medal's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Category:Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (United States)[19].
  • Meritorious Service Medal's next lower rank is recorded as Air Medal[20].
  • Meritorious Service Medal's next higher rank is recorded as Defense Meritorious Service Medal[21].

Why It Matters

Meritorious Service Medal ranks in the top 3% of medallion entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (691 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . certificate. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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