Criteria to issue:
Presented to Family members of Soldiers who die while deployed in support of Overseas Contingency Operations, or who die from wounds sustained in theater
Eligible Survivors/Family members:
The widow or widower, each parent, each child, stepchild, child through adoption, brother, half–brother, sister, and half–sister are entitled to receive and wear a Gold Star Lapel Button in recognition of their loss and the sacrifice of their loved one.
The term “widow or widower” includes those who have since remarried.
The term “parents” includes mother, father, stepmother,
stepfather, mother through adoption, father through
adoption, and foster parents who stood in loco parentis.
Uniformed Survivors are authorized to wear the Gold Star pin on their Army Green or Blue uniforms - All Army Activities (ALARACT) Message -100-2008.