Sons of the American Legion
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Sons of the American Legion
2011-2012 Officers
Commander: Bruce Brown
1st Vice: Mike Harris
Adjutant: Jerry Bryan
Advisor: Jerry Bryan
1st Yr Executive Committee: Eric Herderick
2nd Yr Executive Committee: Harold Crawford
3rd Yr Executive Committee: Mike Hickman
Eligibility
Not everyone is eligible to become a member of the Sons of The American Legion. There are specific membership requirements.
To be eligible, you must be a male descendant (includes stepsons and adopted sons) of a member of The American Legion.
You would also be eligible to join the Sons of The American Legion if you are the male descendant (stepsons and adopted sons included) of a veteran who died in service during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, or the Persian Gulf War (see specific time periods for service during these conflicts).
You would also be eligible to join the Sons of The American Legion if you are the male descendant (stepsons and adopted sons included) of a veteran who died subsequent to his or her honorable discharge from service in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, or the Persian Gulf War (the same eligibility periods apply as above).
If
you need help obtaining the records to prove your eligibility
visit
The National
Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records.
It is the repository of millions of military personnel, health,
and medical records of discharged and deceased veterans of all
services during the
20th century.
Information from the records is made available upon written
request (with signature and date) to the extent allowed by law.
Contact any officer at our POST 532 for further information.
Eligibility dates are
World War I
April 6, 1917 - November 11, 1918
World War II
December 7,
1941 - December 31, 1946
Korean War
June 25, 1950 -
January 31,
1955
Vietnam Era
February 28, 1961 - May 7, 1975
Lebanon/Grenada
August 24, 1982 - July 31, 1984
Panama
December 20, 1989 - January 31, 1990
Persian Gulf
August 2, 1990 - (this eligibility
period remains open)