Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal

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United States military award military decoration

The Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal is a high-level United States military decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility within the U.S. Coast Guard.

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Label	Occurrences
Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal canonical	5
Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal with Operational Distinguishing Device	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T706373 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal
Context triple: [Navy Distinguished Service Medal, sameLevelAs, Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal]

A. Navy Distinguished Service Medal
The Navy Distinguished Service Medal is a high-level United States Navy decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility, often to senior military leaders.
B. Defense Distinguished Service Medal
The Defense Distinguished Service Medal is the highest non-combat military decoration awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense for exceptionally meritorious service in a position of great responsibility.
C. Navy and Marine Corps Medal
The Navy and Marine Corps Medal is a United States military decoration awarded to members of the Navy and Marine Corps for acts of heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy.
D. Navy Cross
The Navy Cross is the United States Navy and Marine Corps' second-highest military decoration awarded for extraordinary heroism in combat.
E. Legion of Merit
The Legion of Merit is a high-level United States military decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal
Target entity description: The Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal is a high-level United States military decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility within the U.S. Coast Guard.

A. Navy Distinguished Service Medal
The Navy Distinguished Service Medal is a high-level United States Navy decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility, often to senior military leaders.
B. Defense Distinguished Service Medal
The Defense Distinguished Service Medal is the highest non-combat military decoration awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense for exceptionally meritorious service in a position of great responsibility.
C. Navy and Marine Corps Medal
The Navy and Marine Corps Medal is a United States military decoration awarded to members of the Navy and Marine Corps for acts of heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy.
D. Navy Cross
The Navy Cross is the United States Navy and Marine Corps' second-highest military decoration awarded for extraordinary heroism in combat.
E. Legion of Merit
The Legion of Merit is a high-level United States military decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States military award ⓘ military decoration ⓘ
abbreviation	CGDSM ⓘ
awardedForPeacetimeService	true ⓘ
awardedForWartimeService	true ⓘ
awardFor	exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility ⓘ
awardingBody	United States Coast Guard ⓘ
canBeAwardedPosthumously	true ⓘ
classification	distinguished service medal ⓘ linked to: Distinguished Service Medal (United States)
country	United States of America ⓘ
eligibility	members of other U.S. armed services serving with the Coast Guard ⓘ members of the United States Coast Guard ⓘ
hasMedalComponent	full-size medal ⓘ miniature medal ⓘ service ribbon ⓘ
higherThan	Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal with Operational Distinguishing Device ⓘ linked to: Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal
isDecoratedOnUniform	true ⓘ
isNonCombatDecoration	true ⓘ
isPartOf	United States military awards and decorations system ⓘ linked to: United States awards and decorations
isPersonalDecoration	true ⓘ
isValorDecoration	false ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
lowerThan	Coast Guard Medal ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Coast Guard ⓘ
presentedBy	United States Coast Guard ⓘ
relatedAward	Air Force Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ Defense Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ Distinguished Service Medal (Army) ⓘ linked to: Army Distinguished Service Medal Navy Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
requiresPresidentialApproval	false ⓘ
ribbonColor	predominantly blue and white ⓘ
serviceBranchAbbreviation	USCG ⓘ linked to: United States Coast Guard
serviceBranchRole	environmental protection ⓘ homeland security missions ⓘ maritime law enforcement ⓘ maritime safety and security ⓘ search and rescue operations ⓘ
serviceBranchSpecific	yes ⓘ
status	currently awarded ⓘ
typicalRecipients	flag officers of the United States Coast Guard ⓘ senior officers of the United States Coast Guard ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Navy Distinguished Service Medal → sameLevelAs → Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ

Navy Distinguished Service Medal → comparativeAward → Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ

subject linked to: Navy DSM

Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal → higherThan → Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal with Operational Distinguishing Device ⓘ

linked to: Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal

Distinguished Service Medal (United States) → serviceSpecificVersions → Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ

Distinguished Service Medal (Space Force) → relatedAward → Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ

Coast Guard Meritorious Service Medal → higherAward → Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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