When adding a medal (military, civilian, or otherwise) using the medal sticker, it is important to use the correct spelling/verbiage of the medal or else you will end up creating a new category. When the medal sticker is used, the profile is automatically added with the medal category.
For example, if you add:
{{Medal
|image = Military_Medals-118.jpg
|Medal = Distinguished Service Cross
}}
you will get:
and the profile will be placed in the category for "Distringuished Service Cross."
But what if you want to change the text of the medal. There are many times where this is needed because of multiple awards of the same medal, medal devices, campaign stars, etc.
For example, the medal "Bronze Star" may be best described as "Bronze Star with V device" if the medal was awarded with the additional distinction of "with valor." Or for subsequent awards, the "Army Commendation Medal" might need to be written as "Army Commendtion Medal with two oak leaf clusters" (3 awards of this medal).
To modify the text that shows on the medal without altering the category, under the line "Medal = " write in the text that you want to appear and then insert an extra line of code:
Category =
followed by the correct category.
To change this:
{{Medal
|image = Military_Medals-118.jpg
|Medal = Distinguished Service Cross
}}
to this:
{{Medal
|image = Military_Medals-118.jpg
|Medal = Distinguished Service Cross with one Oak Leaf Cluster
}}
and maintain the correct category, add this line of code:
{{Medal
|image = Military_Medals-118.jpg
|Medal = Distinguished Service Cross with one Oak Leaf Cluster
|Category = Distinguished Service Cross
}}
I hope that this is helpful to anyone who has ever run into this problem.
And if you're looking for a medal for a US service member, you can find most of them here:
Space: United States Armed Forces Decorations, Awards, and Badges
edit: spelling (missing letter)