The National Gold Star Family Registry serves as a 21st Century monument, utilizing the latest in internet technology to memorialize those same men and women in a whole new way. These treasures are powerful, but access is limited by geography, and names inscribed in stone don’t tell the Heroes’ full story. Adhering to Department of Defense guidelines for families who receive the ‘Gold Star Pin,’ the Registry only includes the names of Heroes who have given their lives on the battlefield.įrom the Vietnam Wall in Washington, DC, to the countless war memorials on courthouse lawns, the United States is peppered with stone monuments honoring those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. The information in the Registry is compiled from a number of different public sources including the Department of Defense and the National Archives. By providing educational resources and personal accounts, the Registry ensures that future generations may know who these brave Americans were-not only how they died, but, more importantly, how they lived. The Registry not only affords family members the opportunity to publicly remember their loved one, but serves as a historical log of our Nation’s true Heroes. The National Gold Star Family Registry is the first comprehensive database of the United States’ fallen Heroes ever developed. The use of a name such as "Gold Star Family" is commonly used to describe a family whose immediate family member was killed in action.
The National Gold Star Family Registry is a program of Military Families United, a 501c3 Non-Profit organization that does not endorse or promote ANY political candidate for any political office. Gold Star Families, those included in this Registry, are individuals who have received the Gold Star Lapel Button from the Department of Defense for the sacrifice of their loved one. The Gold Star has also appeared on flags, as were popular during WWII, which families would hang in the window to indicate that a loved one had been killed overseas. The button is distributed according to strict Department of Defense guidelines for service members who have lost their lives in a conflict or in support of certain military operations. The Gold Star Lapel Button, also referred to as the Gold Star button, is distributed to members of the immediate family of a fallen servicemember by the Department of Defense.
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