Purple Heart. U.S. Air Force photograph of the official medal (U.S. government work). Public domain — work of the U.S. federal government.
The Purple Heart is awarded to members of the U.S. armed forces wounded or killed in action. George Washington instituted the Badge of Military Merit in 1782. The modern medal was revived for the bicentennial of Washington’s birth. This register lists it only when a public official record names the award or the combat wound that authorized it.
39 names are on this opening list. Some also hold a Bronze Star Medal. Those names are listed honestly on both pages.
A publisher register — not a verification
This decorations register is publisher-curated from public records — Medal of Honor Society citations, published general orders, and official Army, Navy, and Marine Corps biographies. It is not a verified-veteran product. Notice Nearby does not certify service and does not issue badges.
A paid or unpaid memorial does not enroll anyone here. Checkout, VET50, and a family’s mention of service on an obituary are not applications to this list. We add a name only when a public official source names the decoration.
Claiming a decoration that was not awarded is stolen valor. It is a disrespect to those who earned the medal and, in some cases, a federal crime. This register will not invent an award to fill a page.
These pages are a historical register. They are not Legal Publication, not a newspaper notice, and not proof that a statute was satisfied.
Company A, 5th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces; commanding officer, Civilian Irregular Defense Group Company 321, 2d Battalion, 3d Mobile Strike Force Command
1919–2012 · Colonel (retired; wartime ranks include Technical Sergeant / Second Lieutenant)
3d Platoon, Company L, 3d Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division (WWII Italy/France); later Korea and Vietnam service, retiring as colonel
1912–2005 · Sergeant First Class (Medal of Honor action as Private First Class / Sergeant)
Weapons Platoon, Company M, 3d Battalion, 23d Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division (near Krinkelt, Belgium, 17 December 1944); later Korea and Vietnam-era service
1925–1998 · Major General (retired; wartime squad leader as enlisted Marine at Okinawa)
WWII: squad leader, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division (Sugar Loaf Hill, Okinawa, May 1945); later Korea and Vietnam combat service; retired as major general (1986)
Purple Heart · six awards (VA #VeteranOfTheDay account)
Bronze Star Medal
Silver Star · three awards (VA #VeteranOfTheDay account)
Medical detachment, 442nd Regimental Combat Team (Italy/France, WWII; POW after Biffontaine, Oct 1944); later Allied Translator and Interpreter Service (Tokyo), Korea, and Military Assistance Advisory Group Medical Department Operations (South Vietnam)
Purple Heart
Bronze Star Medal · with Valor; two oak leaf clusters (VA #VeteranOfTheDay account)
Company A, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division (Polei Doc, Republic of Vietnam, 22 March 1967); later Company B, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division
Public affairs plans officer, I Marine Expeditionary Force; volunteered for duty with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division (Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq; killed 6 December 2006)
Tank / scout-sniper platoon commander; 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division; later 5th Regiment, 1st Marine Division (ambush near Al Jisr, Iraq, 4 April 2003)
