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American Defence Service Medal

The American Defence Service Medal could be awarded with clasps to donate pre-war and foreign service. The clasps that could be awarded were:
"FOREIGN SERVICE" Clasp issued by the United States Army for military service outside the continental limits of the United States, including service in Alaska.
"BASE" Clasp issued by the U.S. Navy and United States Marine Corps for service outside the continental limits of the United States (service in either Alaska or Hawaii qualified).
"FLEET" Clasp issued by the Navy, Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard for service on the high seas while regularly attached to any vessels of the Atlantic, Pacific, or Asiatic fleets as well as vessels of the Naval Transport Service and vessels operating directly under the Chief of Naval Operations.
"SEA" Clasp issued by the Coast Guard for all other vessels and aircraft, not qualifying for the Fleet Clasp, which regularly conducted patrols at sea.
Also the decoration could be awarded with an:
"A" Device awarded to any member of the Navy who served duty in actual or potential belligerent contact with Axis Powers in the Atlantic Ocean between June 22 and December 7, 1941.
"Service star" worn in lieu of clasps when wearing the American Defense Service Medal as a ribbon on a military uniform.

Abdallah, John Edward "Ed"* December 21st, 1917
† October 28th, 1994

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Ramage, Lawson Paterson "Red"* January 19th, 1920
† April 15th, 1990

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Ramey, Elwood* April 12th, 1920

Ramey, Howard Knox* October 14th, 1896
† March 26th, 1943

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Raybuck, Donald Eugene* January 13th, 1918

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Redding, Joseph Alsop* June 7th, 1894
† February 24th, 1984

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Reeves, Joseph Mason "Bull"* November 20th, 1872
† March 25th, 1948
Plot: 7 Grave: 1584-C

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Reeves, Thomas James* December 9th, 1895
† December 7th, 1941

Reid, Ernest Leroy* April 13th, 1920
† September 18th, 2015

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Rentz, George Snavely* July 25th, 1882
† March 1st, 1942

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Restifo, Joseph T.* March 9th, 1919
† April 3rd, 2009

Richardson Jr., Robert Charlwood* October 27th, 1882
† March 2nd, 1954
Plot: II Row: A Grave: 14

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Ricketts, Milton Ernest* August 5th, 1913
† May 8th, 1942

Riefkohl, Frederick Louis "Fritz"* February 27th, 1889
† September 1669

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Ritter, Ozias D.* October 3rd, 1919

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Robbins, Berton Aldrich, Jr.* August 27th, 1908
† December 4th, 1983
Plot: 13 Grave: 6670

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Rockey, Keller Emrick* September 27th, 1888
† June 6th, 1970
Plot: 46 Grave: 1144-2

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Rockwell, George Lincoln* March 9th, 1918
† August 25th, 1967

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Roe, Eugene Gilbert "Doc"* October 17th, 1922
† December 30th, 1998

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Rooks, Albert Harold* December 29th, 1891
† March 1st, 1942

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Roosevelt, James "Jimmy"* December 23rd, 1907
† August 13th, 1991

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Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr.* September 13th, 1887
† July 12th, 1944
Plot: D Row: 28 Grave: 45

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Ross, Donald Kirby* December 8th, 1910
† May 27th, 1992

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Rupertus, William Henry "Bill"* November 14th, 1889
† March 25th, 1945
Plot: 6 Grave: 8437

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Ryan, Michael Patrick* January 30th, 1916
† January 9th, 2005

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