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New
York State Conspicuous Service Cross
Criteria:
The general criteria
for the New York State Conspicuous Service Cross require an individual
to be:
1. A current New
York State citizen OR
2. A New York State citizen
while serving on federal active duty AND
3. A current or former
full-time military person serving in the Armed Forces of the
United States for purposes other than training since 1917; Active
Guard/Reserve AGR excepted
AND
4. Currently serving
under honorable conditions or honorably discharged from active
duty.
An individual must
be the recipient of at least one of the following:
1.
Medal of Honor
2.
Distinguished Service Cross
3.
Navy Cross
4.
Air Force Cross
5.
Defense Distinguished Service Medal
6.
Distinguished Service Medal (Army)
7.
Distinguished Service Medal (Navy-Marine Corps)
8.
Distinguished Service Medal (Air Force)
9.
Distinguished Service Medal (Coast Guard)
10. Silver Star
11. Defense Superior
Service Medal
12. Legion of Merit
13. Distinguished
Flying Cross
14. Soldier's Medal
15. Navy and Marine
Corps Medal
16. Airmen's Medal
17. Coast Guard
Medal
18. Bronze Star
Medal
19. Purple Heart
20. Defense Meritorious
Service Medal
21. Meritorious
Service Medal
22. Air Medal
OR
As prescribed by New
York State Military Law, were a prisoner of war, served at Pearl
Harbor on December
7, 1941, directly participated in the D-Day Invasion of Normandy
on June 6, 1944, or have been declared by the Department of Defense
as killed or missing in action. | 
