Military medals are often difficult to return because the name under which the property was submitted may not correspond to the name of the honoree. A Purple Heart has no engravings that would ...

A Korean War Veteran from Miamisburg is finally being honored with a purple heart. Veteran Leroy Campbell is 93 years old now ...

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.

Despite his sacrifices, he wasn’t considered for the Purple Heart because a medic treated his wounds. But with the support of his family, Veteran Affairs, and Congressman Mike Turner’s office ...

MASON COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- U.S. Marine Corps Veteran and past National Commander of the American Legion, Miles Epling, has ...

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

Friends and family of a Vietnam veteran symbolically honored him with a Purple Heart medal he never received 55 years ago while recovering in Japan. Many know Lester F. Wray III as “Ripper ...

The Purple Heart is awarded to U.S. military service members wounded or killed in action against an enemy. It is the oldest active military medal in the United States, originally presented as the ...

He was rated as 100% disabled by the Veterans Administration and was medically ... Getty said the process for awarding a retroactive Purple Heart requires command endorsements, medical ...

Members of the Military Order of the Purple Heart and community members gathered at the Lawton Veteran’s home on Friday to ...

Lt. Sgt. LeRoy Campbell fought for almost 70 years to receive a Purple Heart. “I’ve been fighting for a long time. I got nowhere with it. They kept saying my records were all burned up,” he ...