The Purple Heart is awarded to military members who are injured and killed in combat, through an act of terrorism or by friendly fire. It acknowledges the physical sacrifice of service to the nation.

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jared Grindstaff, a field artillery targeting officer assigned to Headquarters Support ...

The first Purple Heart presentation Grindstaff ever attended was a posthumous ceremony honoring Benitez, Martinez and ...

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.

In Dayton, 93-year-old Leroy Campbell was presented with a Purple Heart coin for his service and injuries sustained in the ...

The Purple Heart, the military’s oldest award, is given to those wounded or posthumously to those killed. Ford presented the ...

said the Military Order of the Purple Heart supports Abilene's designation. “The Purple Heart Medal is the only military decoration which attests, without question, to the bearer having been in ...

Wray was not a stranger to the military. His father served ... that he/she is eligible for the Purple Heart, but under unusual circumstances was not awarded it, can submit an application through ...

Oliveira never got his Purple Heart medal or a ceremony ... leading to his medical retirement from the military in December 1970. Several hundred people attended the annual Veterans Day ceremony ...

Senior Enlisted Marine Reduced to Sergeant for Wearing Unauthorized Awards, Including Purple Heart For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges ...