Purple Heart Day is August 7. What Military Service Members Are Eligible for the Purple Heart? A Purple Heart is typically given to any service member who has been wounded or killed in the line of ...

A Vietnam veteran in Norman, Oklahoma, received his Purple Heart on Veterans Day, 56 years after being ... they did not recognize him with his national defense service medal, his Vietnam service ...

"We're delivering him something he's been entitled to for almost 77 years: Purple Heart for wounds received." Citing U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs statistics, the National WWII Museum said ...

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.

Grindstaff received the Purple Heart for his selfless service and actions on October 14, 2010, during an improvised explosive device attack that took place in Afghanistan. At the time of the ...