Donna Engeman started wearing the Gold Star lapel pin after her husband, Chief Warrant Officer John Engeman, was killed southeast of Baghdad on May 14, 2006. She wanted to honor and remember the ...

The pin features a gold star with a purple background surrounded by laurel leaves. According to law, the United States military must present the lapel pin to the immediate family member of the ...

She was honorably discharged from the ANC in April 1953.The exact origins of this pin are unknown. It's possible that Lomax wore the pin after her retirement from the ANC as a patriotic symbol or as a ...

A war of words between Donald Trump and the parents of a Muslim U.S. soldier killed in Iraq in 2004 is dominating the election campaign.

Members wear the Gold Star Lapel Button, also called the Gold Star pin, that is given to a mother of a deceased military member by the U.S. Department of Defense. It is a gold star with a purple ...

The Army announced Feb. 5 that it will release three public service announcements over the next year to increase awareness of Department of Defense-issued Gold Star and next-of-kin lapel pins.

On the last Sunday in September, Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day honors the mothers, fathers, and families of fallen military service members, a tradition that dates back to 1936.

Congress' probe into the safety of the military's V-22 Osprey last summer following multiple deadly crashes has been stalled for nearly a year, angering Gold Star family members who lost loved ...

A mid-Michigan Gold Star family was presented with several military medals awarded to their late father, Capt. James McClain, for the time he served in the Vietnam War.

The event celebrated active duty military and gold star families at the Veterans Memorial at the WT campus. A wreath was laid to commemorate members of the WT family who gave their lives in the ...

The fifth annual Gold Star Mothers and Family Luminary event is Sunday at the Gold Star Family Memorial Monument on the grounds of the Northern Nevada State Veterans home, 36 Battle Born Way in Sparks ...