Section 6250 · Posthumous awards

Amended 1 time on record

If a person who distinguishes himself dies before an award to which he is entitled is made, the award may be made and the medal, cross, or bar, or associated emblem or insignia may be presented, within five years from the date of the act or service justifying the award, to his representative as designated by the President.

Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel

The word “associated” is substituted for the word “other” to relate the medal or cross to its emblem or insignia.