National Defense Service Medal

Summary

National Defense Service Medal is a service medal^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of service_medal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (753 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• National Defense Service Medal is in the country of United States^[3].
• National Defense Service Medal's image is recorded as National-Defense-Service-Medal.jpg^[4].
• National Defense Service Medal's instance of is recorded as service medal^[5].
• National Defense Service Medal's Commons category is recorded as National Defense Service Medal (United States)^[6].
• +1953-04-22T00:00:00Z marks the founding of National Defense Service Medal^[7].
• National Defense Service Medal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/039pgj^[8].
• National Defense Service Medal's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'National Defense Service Medal'}^[9].
• National Defense Service Medal's service ribbon image is recorded as National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg^[10].
• National Defense Service Medal's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Category:Recipients of the National Defense Service Medal^[11].
• National Defense Service Medal's next lower rank is recorded as Korean Service Medal^[12].
• National Defense Service Medal's TracesOfWar award ID is recorded as 3245^[13].

Why It Matters

National Defense Service Medal ranks in the top 5% of service_medal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (753 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[14] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[15]