REV 30Jul2019
Personal Data Sheet
Ethnic Groups
White: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East.
Black or African American: A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
Hispanic: A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin,
regardless of race.
Asian: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian
Subcontinent. This includes, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine
Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.
American Indian or Alaskan Native: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South
America (including Central America), who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community
attachment.
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam,
Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
Military Status
Not a Veteran: a person who has not served in active duty with any branch of the United States Armed Forces.
Recently Separated Veteran: any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran’s
discharge of release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.
Armed Forces Service Medal Veteran : A veteran who, while service on active duty in the U.S military ground,
naval, or air service, participated in a United States military option for which an Armed Forces service medal was
awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.
Disabled Veteran: A veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or
who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the
Secretary of Veteran Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of service-
connected disability.
Active Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran: A veteran who served on active duty in the U.S military,
ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been
authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.
Not a Protected Veteran: a person who DOES NOT fall under the protected veteran status of 1) Recently Separated
Veteran 2) Armed Forces Service Medal Veteran 3) Disabled Veteran 4) Active Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge
Veteran.