In a gesture of gratitude, Scrap Mart flew the family to San Diego for their national convention to return the medal.

A Purple Heart has no engravings that would identify the recipient or the conflict in which it was awarded. And neither the Armed Forces nor the federal government maintains a comprehensive list.

A Purple Heart medal found in a Georgia junkyard is returned to a family member of the World War II veteran who earned the ...

The treasurer launched a special effort, “Operation Purple Heart,” in late 2021 to raise awareness about unclaimed medals. Medals awarded to WWII veteran Edward Gorski Jr., who died in 1993.

Another son, David, said that after his father’s death he put the Purple Heart and other medals in a bank safe-deposit box but lost track of the box.

Purple Heart medal for Private First-Class Robert Lee Lawrence. PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va.—–Delegate Kathie Hess-Crouse says that efforts are being made to either return the Purple Heart that was ...

Photos of Hawaii men posthumously awarded Purple Heart medals sit on a table at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Friday, May 10, 2024. Audrey McAvoy / AP ...

Former US President Donald Trump on Thursday received a Purple Heart medal from a war veteran, despite being known for avoiding military duty himself due to a medical exemption for bone spurs. In ...

On Monday evening, a Tampa Bay, Florida, area family received a Purple Heart medal in honor of their loved one who died on the battlefield in World War II. Skip Navigation.

Purple Heart medals were retroactively awarded to those wounded or killed while serving in the armed forces during World War I due to enemy action on or after April 5, 1917.

But over 70 years later, the 96-year-old is still waiting for the U.S. Army to recognize his injury and to award him a Purple Heart medal, which honors service members wounded or killed in combat.