Posthumous medals

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What, if any, posthumous (sp) medal or award is a soldier likely to receive if he is killed overseas by an IED? Assume there are no outstanding circumstances - just a routine patrol that triggered the explosion.
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What, if any, posthumous (sp) medal or award is a soldier likely to receive if he is killed overseas by an IED? Assume there are no outstanding circumstances - just a routine patrol that triggered the explosion.
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I see a lot of Purple Hearts coming through the personal effects I photograph. Whether they were issued post mortum, I can't say.

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What, if any, posthumous (sp) medal or award is a soldier likely to receive if he is killed overseas by an IED? Assume there are no outstanding circumstances - just a routine patrol that triggered the explosion.
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Any medal or award he or she has earned.

Purple Heart, definitely, since it awarded for any wound.
 

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Possibly the Iraq Campaign if they had done more than one tour.