![]() In the Ground Cav Squadrons there were for sure Infantry MOS throughout, there being 11B's, 11C's and 11F's, these got CIB, but as far as we know there comrades that held 11D MOS' did not. On the Virtual Wall 11D KIA's are depicted with CIB's, not sure that's correct as 11D is a non infantry Armor MOS, it's possible the compilers of this made another error and added the CIB by virtue of the 11 there, assuming it was an Infantry Branch MOS which it wasn't. In the late 70s, like in 1978, the Army finally separated these two into a new numbered MOS series, the 19 Series, 11D now 19D Cavalry Scout, 11E now 19E Armor Crewman. As such 11D's do not think 11D's would get CIB's Respectfully Beg to differ in this one point, true 11D's were in the 11 Series, so were 11E's, these two were not Infantry despite their being in the 11 Series, both of these were of the Armor Branch, 11D, Armor Reconnaissance Specialist, 11E Armor Crewman. There may be more, but that is all I can recall. The 11 series included 11A, 11B, 11C, 11D and 11H. In Vietnam, Air Cavalry units were 11D MOS which is an Infantry Specialty, so they did qualify. I believe that the Cavalry Recon Squadron units in WWII were Armor, so no they would not qualify for the CIB. The CIB is a Combat Infantry award for any of the Infantry Occupation Specialties.
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