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In Dayton, 93-year-old Leroy Campbell was presented with a Purple Heart coin for his service and injuries sustained in the ...
Private First Class Andreas Cagoulides died more than four decades ago, but his family was presented with his medal today at ...
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jared Grindstaff ... 4th Infantry Division was presented a Purple Heart during a ceremony in the Hurtgen Forest room on Fort Carson, April 3, 2025.
But due to "racial inequalities in the United States at that time," Fletcher never received his Purple Heart, a medal ... the ceremony, Gen. James C. McConville, Chief of Staff of the Army ...
The Purple Heart is awarded to ... be traced back to the Badge of Military Merit ordered by then-Gen. George Washington on Aug. 7, 1782. That's why the gold medal on a purple ribbon bears the ...
The City of Abilene also designated Cedar Creek Waterway as a Purple Heart Trail and a ceremony ... Military Order of the Purple Heart supports Abilene's designation. “The Purple Heart Medal ...
But on Thursday, that number would decrease by one, as the Purple ... the metal and a declaration honoring Masters's sacrifice. "Returning military decorations is very near and dear to my heart.
Vietnam veteran presented one of his own Purple Heart medals to a 93-year-old Korean War veteran from Miamisburg who received a Purple Heart coin while his medal is still being processed.
Friends and family of a Vietnam veteran symbolically honored him with a Purple Heart medal he never received ... Torres organized a symbolic ceremony for Wray recognizing his service.
He was the first Massachusetts resident since the Vietnam War to receive the Medal, which was presented to his parents by President Barack Obama in a ceremony ... the Purple Heart, five Army ...