- Service members who sustain an injury, illness, or disease in the line of duty.
- Civilians who sustain an injury, illness, or disease in the line of duty.
- Spouses of service members who die in the line of duty.
- Partners of a service member that dies in an operation against an armed enemy of the United States that are in a marriage-like relationship with the service member at the time of the service member’s death.
- Children of a service member who dies in the line of duty.
