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Designated Series Plate Number Personalized Plate Number
Air Force Reserve
Requirements: letter from Commanding Officer or copy of active Air Force Reserve ID.
$28.75/$0 Not available DMV order form image of a custom plate
Air National Guard
Requirements: letter from Commanding Officer.
$28.75/$0 Not available DMV order form image of a custom plate
Airborne
Requirements: copy of Airborne Association membership card, or copy of DD-214, or copy of Airborne ID card.
$28.75/$0 $60/$31.25 DMV order form image of a custom plate
American Legion
Requirements: copy of current membership card.
$28.75/$0 $60/$31.25 DMV order form image of a custom plate
Army National Guard
Requirements: letter from Commanding Officer.
$28.75/$0 Not available DMV order form image of a custom plate
Army Reserve
Requirements: letter from Commanding Officer or copy of active Army Reserve ID.
$28.75/$0 Not available DMV order form image of a custom plate
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Requirements: copy of membership card.
$33.75/$15 $65/$46.25 DMV order form image of a custom plate
Coast Guard Reserve
Requirements: letter from Commanding Officer or copy of active Coast Guard Reserve ID.
$28.75/$0 Not available DMV order form image of a custom plate
Combat Infantrymen
Requirements: copy of DD-214; DMV order form and approval from NYS Commander.
$28.75/$0 $60/$31.25 Dominic Esposito
NYS Commander of Combat Infantrymen
P.O. Box 253
Shrub Oak, NY 10588
1 (914) 245-5564

DMV order form
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Congressional Medal of Honor
Requirements: proof of award.
No fees Not available DMV order form image of a custom plate
Disabled American Veteran
Requirements: approval by organization.
$28.75/$0 $60/$31.25 Organization:
Prospero M. Sodano
1-516-887-7100
and use
DMV order form
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Disabled Veteran
Copy of DD-214 proving war-time veteran; and for applicants who do not already have a plate with the International Symbol of Access, MV-664.1, OR a letter from a Medical Doctor, Doctor of Osteopathy, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant or Doctor of Podiatric Medicine verifying a permanent disability that affects mobility.
$18.75/$0 Not available DMV order form and
form MV-664.1
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Eighth Air Force Historical Society
Requirements: must be an active member, copy of membership card.
$15 of the annual fee supports the Eighth Air Force Historical Society Fund for veterans' counseling services.
$33.75/$15 $65/$46.25 For order form:
Stanley Bussis
1-718-570-0220
Email
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Former Prisoner of War
Requirements: copy of DD-214 or letter from Veterans Administration verifying Former POW status.
No Fees Not available DMV order form image of a custom plate
40 & 8
(The Grande Voiture du New York, La Societe Des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux)
Requirements: copy of current membership card.
$50/$31.25 $81.25/$62.50 DMV order form image of a custom plate
Gold Star Mothers
Requirements: official documentation stating child died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.
$18.75/$0 Not available DMV order form image of a custom plate
Jewish War Veterans of America
Requirements: proof of membership in the Jewish War Veterans of America Association.
$28.75/$0 Not available DMV order form image of a custom plate
Korean War Veterans
Requirements: copy of DD-214 or letter from Veterans Administration verifying service dates between 6/27/50 - 1/31/55.
$28.75/$0 $60/$31.25 DMV order form image of a custom plate
Marine Corps League
Requirements: letter from MCL Paymaster.
$28.75/$0 $60/$31.25 DMV order form image of a custom plate
Marine Corps Reserve
Requirements: letter from Commanding Officer or copy of active Marine Corps Reserve ID.
$28.75/$0 Not available DMV order form image of a custom plate
Naval Militia
Requirements: letter from Commanding Officer.
$28.75/$0 Not available DMV order form image of a custom plate
Navy Reserve
Requirements: letter from Commanding Officer or copy of active Navy Reserve ID.
$28.75/$0 Not available DMV order form image of a custom plate
Pearl Harbor Survivor
Requirements: copy of DD-214 and official statement verifying military service at Pearl Harbor on 12/7/1941.
$28.75/$0 Not available DMV order form image of a custom plate
Persian Gulf Veteran
Requirements: DD-214 verifying service dates in the Persian Gulf between 8/2/1990 and 4/6/1991.
$28.75/$0 $60/$31.25 DMV order form image of a custom plate
Purple Heart Recipient
(Vehicle Plate)
Requirements: copy of DD-214 or letter from the Military verifying award.
$18.75/$0 $50/$31.25 DMV order form image of a custom plate
Purple Heart Recipient
(Motorcycle Plate)
Requirements: copy of DD-214 or letter from the Military verifying award.
$11.25/$0 $30/$18.75 DMV order form image of a custom plate
Saratoga National Cemetery Honor Guard Association
Requirements: Copy of current membership card and approval by Organization.
$33.75/$15 $65/$46.25 Organization:
James DeConno
1-518-587-2141
E-mail
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State Guard
Requirements: letter from Commanding Officer.
$28.75/$0 Not available DMV order form image of a custom plate
US Naval Armed Guard
Requirements: copy of DD-214 or a letter from the U.S. Naval Armed Guard authority verifying honorable discharge.
$28.75/$0 $60/$31.25 DMV order form image of a custom plate
US Submarine Veterans
Requirements: approval by organization.
$28.75/$0 $60/$31.25 Organization:
Mike Carmody
1-631-669-6967
E-mail
or Ed Rivoire
1-516-938-8104
E-mail
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US Veteran
(Vehicle Plate)
Requirements: copy of DD-214 or proof of service.
$28.75/$0 $60/$31.25 DMV order form image of a custom plate
US Veteran
(Motorcycle Plate)
Requirements: copy of DD-214 or proof of service.
$21.25/$0 $40/$18.75 DMV order form image of a custom plate
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Requirements: copy of current membership card.
$28.75/$0 $60/$31.25 DMV order form image of a custom plate
Vietnam Veteran
Requirements: copy of DD-214 verifying service dates between 12/22/1961 - 5/7/1975.
$28.75/$0 $60/$31.25 DMV order form image of a custom plate
Vietnam Veterans of America
Requirements: copy of DD-214; approval by organization.
$28.75/$0 $60/$31.25 Organization:
1-607-563-2901
or visit web site;
and use
DMV order form
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War on Terror Veteran
Requirements: DD-214 verifying service in the Persian Gulf or Afghanistan on or after 9/11/2001.
$28.75/$0 $60/$31.25 DMV order form image of a custom plate
West Point $50/$31.25 $81.25/$62.50 DMV office;
1-518-402-4838;
order on line:
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World War II Veterans
Requirements: copy of DD-214 showing service dates between 1941 and 1945.
$28.75/$0 $60/$31.25 DMV order form image of a custom plate
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