Editing Service star (section)

===Service medals===
Service stars are authorized to denoted additional awards for these United States [[service medals]]:
* [[Prisoner of War Medal]]
* [[National Defense Service Medal]]
* [[Humanitarian Service Medal]]
* [[Air and Space Campaign Medal]]
* [[Armed Forces Service Medal]]
* [[Sea Service Ribbon|Army Sea Duty Ribbon]]
* [[Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal]]<ref name=DODM1348.33V3-SS/>

For the National Defense Service Medal, the addition of bronze service stars to denote participation in four of the designated wartime conflicts would be shown as (the time span from the end of the Korean War era in 1954 to the beginning of the Global War on Terrorism era in 2001 is 47 years, so it is highly improbable that any individual qualified for all four National Defense Service Medals in each of four eras):<ref>[http://www.afpc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7803 Air Force Personnel Center National Defense Service Presidential Unit Citation (Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard) Medal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719221637/http://www.afpc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7803 |date=2014-07-19 }}</ref>
: [[Korean War]]
: [[Vietnam War]]
: [[Gulf War]]
: [[War on Terrorism]]

{| class="wikitable"
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| {{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} First award: any one of four conflicts
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| {{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} Second award: two of the four conflicts
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| {{ribbon devices|number=2|type=service-star|ribbon=National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} Third award: three of the four conflicts
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| {{ribbon devices|number=3|type=service-star|ribbon=National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} Fourth award: all four conflicts
|-
|}