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Purple Heart

The Purple Heart was instituted in 1782 by George Washington and is the first American decoration. Originally it was awarded for bravery in action, currently it is awarded to those wounded or killed in action, in the latter case posthumously.
An Oak Leaf Cluster is added when a previously wounded person already has a Purple Heart.
The decoration is a purple, heart-shaped badge with bronze edges. It depicts in relief a bust of George Washington wearing the uniform of a general in the Continental Army.
On the reverse side is the inscription: "For Military Merit" with the recipient's name below.
It is estimated that for World War II 1,076,245 Purple Hearts were awarded.

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Tucker, Trenton Thelbert* December 12th, 1922
† April 8th, 1944
Plot: O Row: 10 Grave: 16

Tharp, Blucher S.* May 9th, 1892
† November 12th, 1954

Throckmorton, Lester Lee* September 13th, 1918
† December 10th, 1941
Plot: B Grave: 801

Torrey, Arthur Miles* December 2nd, 1915
† October 9th, 1942
Plot: C Row: 9 Grave: 32

Torre, Joseph V.* November 7th, 1918
† October 13th, 1986

Tibbets, Paul Warfield Jr.* February 23rd, 1915
† November 1st, 2007

Thrasher, William H. "Billy"* March 28th, 1917
† September 7th, 1944

Tidwell, James Travis* November 1st, 1922
† September 24th, 1999

Turinsky, Joseph A.* March 24th, 1917
† February 19th, 1945

Turner, Claude Alvin* October 22nd, 1919
† November 14th, 1943
Plot: 0 Row: 0 Grave: 0

Tannenbaum, Henry Irving "Hershy"* February 29th, 1916
† January 11th, 1945

Thomas, Elwood E.* October 7th, 1922
† December 17th, 1944

Turner, Due William* March 11th, 1922
† December 17th, 1944
Plot: F Row: 5 Grave: 9

Trump, Paul W.† April 11th, 1944

Trump, Herbert R.† January 26th, 1945

Thompson, Carl F.* October 27th, 1912
† July 7th, 1945

Teague, George W.

Telento, Frederick J.

Tyree, William Fenton (Jr.)* December 23rd, 1912
† April 24th, 1945

Tanner, jack Dempsey "Dody"* August 29th, 1918
† February 23rd, 1945
Plot: E

Tomaso, Leo* July 22nd, 1918
† March 23rd, 1945

Thompson, Albert Cordell* November 5th, 1916
† April 22nd, 1945

Taylor, Roy Gordon* October 18th, 1921
† June 17th, 1944

Turek, John S.† May 15th, 1944
Plot: B Row: 2 Grave: 138

Thorpe, Robert Eric† May 31st, 1944

Torpey, Edmund James* December 3rd, 1920
† January 30th, 1944

Talbert, Floyd Merrill "Tab"* August 26th, 1923
† October 18th, 1982

Tipper, Edward J. "Ed"* August 3rd, 1921
† February 1st, 2017

Taylor, George L.† February 26th, 1945
Plot: F Row: 16 Grave: 14

Taylor, Clyde S.† February 28th, 1945
Plot: A Row: 5 Grave: 32

Thornton, Loray E.† December 4th, 1944
Plot: J Row: 15 Grave: 6

Tamashiro, Thomas Tamotsu* August 19th, 1924
† July 9th, 1944
Plot: C Row: 7 Grave: 11

Takenaka, Tooru* August 28th, 1924
† August 21st, 1944

Takemoto, Iwao* April 24th, 1922
† October 28th, 1944

Turk, James H., Jr.† June 7th, 1942

Tinker, Clarence Leonard* November 21st, 1887
† June 7th, 1942

Thornbrough, George W.† June 4th, 1942

Tryon, Dick* August 11th, 1921
† October 16th, 1942

Todd, Jack F.† June 11th, 1942
Plot: 2 Grave: 220-B

Telemachos, Michael L.* September 20th, 1908
† May 17th, 1943
Plot: H Grave: 22

Todd, Harvey Alan* January 18th, 1916
† June 15th, 1993

Thomas, Vane W.* September 18th, 1920
† September 24th, 2007

Trapnell, Thomas John Hall "Trap"* November 23rd, 1902
† February 13th, 2002

Toole, Lester Eugene* January 25th, 1918
† December 20th, 1991

Traylor, Lloyd Samuel* December 4th, 1919
† September 18th, 1995

Tosaka, Minoru* July 10th, 1918
† November 5th, 1943

Tomita, Isami* February 23rd, 1916
† July 9th, 1944

Teruya, Kenkichi Kenneth* December 12th, 1917
† June 2nd, 1944

Tateyama, Haruyoshi H.* January 9th, 1920
† November 3rd, 1943

Tanimoto, Teruto* February 15th, 1918
† December 2nd, 1943

Tamanaha, Masao* July 12th, 1922
† April 16th, 1945
Plot: 4 Grave: 430

Taguchi, Hitoshi B.* February 9th, 1920
† November 30th, 1943

Teets Sr., Charles D.* 1924
† 1984

Towle, Arthur R.* May 6th, 1910
† February 24th, 1945
Plot: C Row: 17 Grave: 27

Thrailkill, Edwin M.* 1919
† February 7th, 1945
Plot: b Row: 14 Grave: 12

Tufty, Iver O.* May 25th, 1916
† July 26th, 1988

Troutt, Jerry A.* May 1926
† March 22nd, 1945
Plot: D Row: 15 Grave: 56

Taleen, Clayton C.* February 5th, 1921
† August 7th, 1942

Tinsman, Elwood* September 2nd, 1919
† October 25th, 1944

Taylor, Frank C.

Taylor, Royal R.† March 31st, 1992

Turner, Walter V.† June 6th, 1944

Tibbetts, James D.

Trovato, Carmine

Thorpe, Gordon Albert* November 2nd, 1921

Thill, Edward W. "Mouse"* September 22nd, 1919
† February 26th, 2001

Taylor, Harry J.† October 18th, 1944
Plot: C Row: 14 Grave: 53

Turkovich, Victor A.† June 6th, 1944

Tuttle, Roy Millard* April 9th, 1912
† October 9th, 1944

Thompson, Gordon Thomas† March 4th, 1945

Taylor, Paul B., Jr.* February 8th, 1922
† March 7th, 2009

Thresher, Earl Owen† September 26th, 1942

Turpen, Charles L.

Tucker, Kemble "Cowboy"† March 5th, 1945
Plot: F Row: 12 Grave: 2

Tavalaro, Carmine

Takeba, Masaharu* April 24th, 1918
† January 10th, 1944
Plot: D Row: 0 Grave: 143

Takata, Shigeo Joseph "Joe"* April 29th, 1919
† September 29th, 1943
Plot: D Row: 0 Grave: 142

Tooley, Ralph† July 17th, 1944
Plot: G Row: 21 Grave: 37

Tangborn, Virgil J.† June 14th, 1944
Plot: E Row: 25 Grave: 20

Tatom, William Earl† November 20th, 1943

Tanzola, Vincent J.† April 2nd, 1945
Plot: N Row: O Grave: 402

Throssell, Charles W.

Turnbull, Turner B.† June 7th, 1944
Plot: E Row: 21 Grave: 21

Tayman, William P.

Tazoi, Jim Yoshio* August 28th, 1919
† March 2nd, 2007

Takahashi, Sakae (US Army)* December 8th, 1919
† April 16th, 2001

Tanamachi, Saburo* April 1st, 1917
† October 29th, 1944
Plot: 12 Grave: 4845

Thomas, Leonard Wayne† December 9th, 1977

Tyran, Douglas I.

Tatlock, Eric W.† May 25th, 1944

Truxtun, Thomas† June 6th, 1945

Thurston, Benjamin E.* September 13th, 1903
† April 14th, 1999

Teague, Olin Earl "Tiger"* April 6th, 1910
† January 23rd, 1981

True, Gordon R.† October 11th, 2006

Tuohy, James J.

Tuschinski, William J.† December 1st, 1944

Tilley, James G.† February 24th, 1945
Plot: A Row: 9 Grave: 20

Tvrdik, Joseph, T.

Tungerian, Samuel Jr.

Tullis Quinton

Towner, Edward, L.

Tomlinson, Albert, J.

Tombrink, William, E.

Tomberlin, Carl, E.

Tomasiewicz, Frank, J.

Tobin, Bernard

Tiso, Alfred, J.

Tinney, Doyle, A.

Tilford, James, H.

Tierney, James, B.

Tiedtke, Elmer, L.

Tiedje, George, J.

Thomsen, Alfred C.* December 4th, 1897
† August 16th, 1944

Thompson, Leonard, R.

Thompson, Ernest

Thompson, Ennis

Thomas, Obed

Thomas, Kenneth, L.

Thomas Edward L

Theriaul, Joseph, R.

Thacker, Leland, C.

Teter, Carl

Terry, Audney

Taylor, Roger, W.

Taylor, Philip, G.

Taylor, Jesse, J.

Taylor, Frank, D.

Taylor, Charles, E.

Tawney, Alvin, O.

Tarquino, Albert

Taldon, Flore

Tagliere, Jack, J.

Taber, Rene Capprine "Capper"* August 8th, 1924
† January 3rd, 1945
Plot: H Row: 11 Grave: 17

Totten, Franklin Park† April 14th, 1945

Turner, Robert C.† November 22nd, 1944

Truscott, Lucian King, Jr.* January 9th, 1895
† September 12th, 1965
Plot: D Grave: 827-B

Tucker, Reuben Henry, III "Rube"* January 29th, 1911
† January 6th, 1970
Plot: 20 Grave: 61

Taylor, Maxwell Davenport* August 26th, 1901
† April 19th, 1987
Plot: 7A Grave: 20

Truemper, Walter Edward* October 31st, 1918
† February 20th, 1944

Treadwell, Jack LeMaster* March 31st, 1919
† December 12th, 1977
Plot: XII Grave: 8

Towle, John Roderick* October 19th, 1924
† September 21st, 1944
Plot: 60 Row: 53 Grave: 1

Tominac, John Joseph* April 29th, 1922
† July 11th, 1998

Tomich, Peter* June 3rd, 1893
† December 7th, 1941

Thorson, John Friestad* May 10th, 1920
† October 28th, 1944

Thorne, Horace Marvin "Buddy"* September 29th, 1918
† December 21st, 1944

Thompson, Max* July 21st, 1922
† November 30th, 1996

Thomason, Clyde Aristide* May 23rd, 1914
† August 18th, 1942
Plot: 60 Grave: 8037

Thomas, William H.* January 2nd, 1923
† April 22nd, 1945
Plot: F Row: 16 Grave: 90

Thomas, Herbert Joseph, Jr.* February 8th, 1918
† November 7th, 1943
Plot: H Grave: 342

Thomas, Charles Leroy* April 17th, 1920
† February 15th, 1980

Terry, Seymour W.* December 11th, 1918
† May 11th, 1945

Tanouye, Ted Takayuki* November 14th, 1919
† September 6th, 1944

Tweedy, Albert William* March 22nd, 1920
† June 4th, 1942

True, Arnold Ellsworth* January 23rd, 1901
† December 11th, 1979

Towne, Harry

Tolman, Charles Edward* June 25th, 1903
† February 1st, 1943

Thomas, Willis Manning

Thomas, William Dow* April 4th, 1904
† 1968

Thomas, Ernest Ivy Jr. "Boots"* March 10th, 1924
† March 3rd, 1945

Terzi, Joseph Anthony* August 1919
† December 26th, 1943
Plot: N Row: 11 Grave: 148

Tennent, John Gardner, III* December 10th, 1909
† January 30th, 1944

Taurman, John A.* February 10th, 1916
† October 6th, 1942

Taft, James M.† March 30th, 1945

Thompson, Llyod† December 16th, 1943

Toffey, John J., Jr.† June 3rd, 1944

Trudeau, Raymond J.† April 7th, 1945

Turner, Day G.* September 2nd, 1921
† February 8th, 1945
Plot: E Row: 10 Grave: 72

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