Awarded The Purple Heart
| Name
| Rank
| Base
/ Date
| Awards
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Alexander,
Johnson L.
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A1C
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Arrant,
Wilbert B.
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A2C
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Austin,
Terry R.
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A2C
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Tan Son Nhut Air Base: 65-70
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Baker, Glenn
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SSgt
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Barth,
Joseph V.
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1LT
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Phan Rang Air Base: 65-66
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| A2C
| Posthumously: Tan Son Nhut Air Base: 4 Dec 1966
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Bezette,
David B.
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A1C
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Phan Rang, 26 Jan 1969
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SSgt
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Posthumously: Biên Hòa AB, 28 Feb 1968
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Brozek,
Frank M.
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A1C
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| Sgt
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SSgt
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Ubon RTAFB: 13 Jan 1970
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SSgt
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Đà Nàng: 02
Sep 1972
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| SSgt
| 377th SPS, TSN, 31 Jan 1968 (TET)
, Bunker O-51.
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A2C
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Posthumously: Tan Son Nhut Air Base: 4 Dec 1966
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A2C
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Tan Son Nhut: 06 Apr 1966
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| SSgt
| Posthumously:
377th SPS, TSN, 31 Jan 1968 (TET), Bunker O-51.
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A1C
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Posthumously: Phu Cat AB, 12 Feb 1971
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A2C
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Tan Son Nhut AB, 4 Dec. 1966
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Dayton,
Edward A.
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| Đà Nàng AB, 66-67
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Dowdell,
David M.
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A1C
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Tan Son Nhut: 18 Feb 1968
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| SSgt
| Posthumously:
377th SPS, TSN, 31 Jan 1968 (TET), Bunker O-51.
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A1C
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Posthumously: Korat RTAFB, 11 Mar 68
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A2C
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Posthumously: Đà Nàng AB, 27 Feb 1967
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Garcia,
Rudy E.
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A1C
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Phan Rang 22 Feb 1969
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Gary,
Richard E.
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A2C
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Glassman,
Kenneth B.
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| Biên Hòa, 65-66
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Gudiry Jr., Leno
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A1C
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Phan Rang 22 Feb 1969
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SSgt
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Tan Son Nhut AB, 4 Dec. 1966
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Harris,
Harold
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SSgt
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| SSgt
| Posthumously:
377th SPS, TSN, 31 Jan 1968 (TET)
, Bunker O-51.
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A2C
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Posthumously: Biên Hòa AB, 12 May 1967
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Hunstiger, Timothy M.
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SSgt
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Phan Rang: 26 January 1969
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Iles,
William W.
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SSgt
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Phan Rang: 26 January 1969
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A2C
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Tan Son Nhut: 4 Dec 1966
(Deceased Past President of the VSPA)
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SSgt
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Posthumously: Đà Nàng AB, 1 Jul 1965
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Johnson, Chancellor
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SSgt
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A3C
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Posthumously: Đà Nàng, 25 Jan 1966
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Jones,
Sidney
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A1C
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| SSgt
| Đà Nàng, 16 March 1970 (While flying over enemy positions)
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Koger, Robert H.
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A1C
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Đà Nàng: 27 July 1967
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A1C
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Posthumously: Đà Nàng AB, 21 Feb 1968
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A1C
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Posthumously: Bình Thủy AB, 8 Jul 1966
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Lesher,
Henry L.
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SSgt
|
Tuy Hoa Air Base: 23 Aug 1969
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A1C
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Posthumously: Phan Rang Air Base: 7 Jun 1969
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Logan,
Ronald D.
|
SSgt
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Phan Rang 22 Feb 1969
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| Capt
| Posthumously: Biên Hòa Air Base: 31 Jan 1968
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McBride, Thomas G.
|
A1C
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Đà Nàng: 04 Mar 1971
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Menefee,
Bobby L.
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A1C
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Meyer, James D.
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A1C
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Udorn RTAFB: 3 Oct 72
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SSgt
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Posthumously: Bình Thủy AB, 4 Feb 1968
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SSgt
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Posthumously: Tan Son Nhut Air Base: 31 Jan 1968
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A2C
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Posthumously: Tuy Hoa AB, 7 Sep 1967
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Murphy,
David M.
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SSgt
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A1C
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Posthumously: Biên Hòa Air Base: 31 Jan 1968
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Myers, David
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| Udorn RTAFB: 13 Oct 1972
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A1C
| Pleiku Air Base: 22 Apr 1966
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Perkins, Charles W.
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A2C
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SSgt
| Đà Nàng Air Base: 24 March 1967
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A2C
| Tan Son Nhut AB, 4 Dec. 1966
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Press, Robert (Bob) - K9
|
A1C
| Biên Hòa Air Base: 31 Jan 1968
(K9 Diablo X313 was KIA)
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Redmond, Glenn D.
|
SSgt
| Phan Rang: 26 January 1969
|
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A2C
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Posthumously: Tan Son Nhut AB, 4 Dec 1966
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A2C
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Tan Son Nhut AB, 4 Dec. 1966
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Smith, Dennis
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| Bình Thủy in 1967-1968, K-9
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Timmons, Robert E.
|
A1C
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Phan Rang: Apr-Jun 1969
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Valasquez, Rafel Jr.
|
SSgt
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Phan Rang: 26 January 1969
|
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A1C
|
Biên Hòa : 12 May 1967
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SSgt
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Posthumously: Phu Cat AB, 12 Feb 1971
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The Purple Heart
The
Purple Heart Medal
today, is the modern
form of the original Purple Heart established by General George Washington
in 1782, and is conferred on any person wounded in action
while serving
with the armed forces of the United States. It is also awarded posthumously
to the next of kin of personnel killed or having died of wounds received
in action after April 5, 1917.
Award: The Purple
Heart is awarded for combat action only, to any member of the Armed
Forces killed or wounded in an armed conflict. Second and subsequent
awards of the Purple Heart are denoted by a gold star for Navy and Marine
Corps personnel and by an oak-leaf cluster for Army and Air Force personnel.
Design: Designed
by Elizabeth Will and modeled by John R. Sinnock. The heart-shaped medal,
one of the best known and also one of the most beautiful of our decorations.
The inner heart on the obverse is of purple plastic (originally enamel),
and the sculptured outer heart of gold-colored metal. On the purple
heart General Washington is shown in profile, facing left, in a relief
also of gold-colored metal. Above this heart is Washington's coat of
arms, and enamel shield of white with two horizontal bands of red, and
above them three red stars with sprays of green leaves on either side
of the shield.
The reverse of the medal is entirely
of gold-colored metal, including the shield and leaves. Within the sculptured
outer heart and below the shield is the inscription, set in three lines,
"For Military Merit," with a space below for the recipient's
name.
Ribbon: The Ribbon is deep purple with narrow white edges.
History: Originally
established by GEN George Washington on 7 AUG 1782, at Newburgh on the
Hudson, New York, as an award for outstanding military merit, or the
'Badge of Merit'. The decoration was in the form of an embroidered,
heart-shaped badge of purple cloth and only three non-commissioned officers
received the Order at that time. Though never officially abolished it
was not again awarded for almost one hundred and fifty years.
Upon its revival in 1932, as the Purple
Heart, the decoration was to be awarded to members of the US Army in
two categories:
For being wounded in action
in any war or campaign under conditions which entitle the wearing of
a wound chevron.
- "For those persons who
perform any singularly meritorious act of extraordinary fidelity
or essential service."
In 1942, President Franklin
D. Roosevelt issued an Executive Order which provided that the Purple
Heart would be made available to members of all the US Armed Services
who were wounded in action. Since then the Purple Heart has become one
of the most highly respected decorations of the US Armed Forces. The
decoration holds a very unique position in that it can be earned in
only one way, by being wounded. An attendant requirement is that the
wound must have been received as a direct result of enemy actions.
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