Military chaplain returned to their home nation unless retained to minister to prisoners of war. Inevitably, serving chaplains have died in action. The US Army and Marines lost 100 chaplains killed in action during World War II: the third highest casualty rate behind the infantry and the Army Air Forces. Many have been decorated for bravery in action (five have been awarded Britain's highest award for gallantry, the Victoria Cross, and nine have received the Medal of Honor). The Chaplain's Medal for Heroism is a special US military decoration given to military chaplains who have been killed in the line of duty,
Medal of Military Merit (Uruguay) awarded with or without swords in three different classes: Medal of Military Merit (Uruguay) The Medal of Military Merit (), is a military decoration of Uruguay. The decoration is awarded by the President of Uruguay. This award replaces the Order of Military Merit of the Companions of Artigas which was discontinued in 1985. The Medal of Military Merit was established on 28 November 1991 by Ministry of National Defense Decree N° 199/991.<ref name="199/991"></ref> The regulations of the medal were further modified on 29 January 1992 by Decree N° 511/991.<ref name="511/991"></ref> The Medal of Military merit is the highest military decoration