Silver Star

The facts

Veterans: Silver Star plates are issued to veterans who have been awarded the Silver Star medal. An Application for Awarded Medal Veterans’ Plates must be completed. A Silver Star recipient must prove that he/she has been awarded the Silver Star medal. Along with the completed application, the customer must submit a photocopy of one of the following documents to the Special Plates Department: • A DD-214 that indicates “Honorable” in the Character of Service box (which will not always be located in the same place on the form). Note that only the long form (full page) DD-214 is acceptable; the short form (halfpage) cannot be accepted. • A DD-215 (which is an amended version of the DD-214) that indicates an honorable discharge. • An Honorable Discharge form (this was used during WWII and the Korean War). Regardless of what document is presented, it must state Honorably Discharged and awarded medal. Active Duty Members of the Military: To be eligible for these plates, a customer must be on active military duty in the U.S. Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, or Coast Guard (including National Guard or Reserve on active duty) at the time of application and he/she must have been awarded the medal for the plate he/she is applying for. Along with the completed application, the customer must send the following documentation to the Special Plates Department: 80 • A photocopy of his/her current vehicle registration • A photocopy of his/her current Military ID Card (and a document to satisfy his/her “active duty” status if not on the Card) • A photocopy of the document awarding him/her the specific medal for the plate being applied for Silver Star recipients are eligible for one set of plates for each Silver Star medal he/she received.

Use the listed prefix and manual examples as evidence. The broad specialty fallback is not proof that every suffix arrangement is issued.

Prefix history

A series can change its printed prefix over the years. Only the current one is issued on new requests.

Reading the format

In a pattern, L is one letter and N is one digit. The printed prefix VS is fixed — the pattern above is only the part you pick. Format rules describe what plate numbers in this series look like — they are not a claim that any particular plate number is unregistered or available.