military/ex-military folks, please help

If you are next of kin, you should be able to get replacements free of charge along with complete service records detailing all units and assignments. I have had mine replaced twice now along with my ribbons and medals.

http://www.archives.gov/veterans/replace-medals.html

For your fathers service records:

http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/

Two options:

http://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/initiatives/erm-overview.html is the site for the Department of Defense National artifacts.  You can find the right people to contact to get a copy of your Dad's DD214, which will have all of his awards and commendations.

There are several sites that you can do your own legwork.  In either case you will end up going through a military supply store (usually online) and replacing the items.  In the case of medals of valor, some of them must be provided through your DoD rep (you can't just go online and buy a MOH).

Try here...

http://www.usamilitarymedals.com

I just want to add that I think what you're doing is really cool.

When you get all the medals make sure you put them in the right order as well.
This site will help:
http://www.americanwarlibrary.com/display/

Here's another site:  http://www.vanguardmil.com/

Good luck with your project.

Mark

Wow, that's really weird.  I was just in COJ this morning and it was at the top of the list, but it looks like I was the one who resurrected it.  lol

I wonder if a spammer popped it up and the mods deleted that post.

I'm usually pretty good at catching the old threads, but the new site let it slip through my filter.  yeah, I blame the new site.