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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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Ford, Francis, P.

Ferrill, Willis Jackson* August 17th, 1913
† January 23rd, 1944
Plot: 10 Row: 49 Grave: 2

Forbis, Marion Boyd* January 31st, 1922
† February 10th, 1944

Feeney, James Robert* August 30th, 1919
† February 10th, 1944

Fielding, George Thomas (III) "Dodge"* February 1st, 1917
† April 30th, 1945

Fieschl, Alfred* January 15th, 1918
† December 8th, 1941
Plot: R Grave: 4341

Fish, Jim, III* February 16th, 1899
† May 29th, 1943
Plot: 12 Grave: 5490

Faulk, Leo D.† August 17th, 1943
Plot: 84 Grave: 207-209

Faulkner, Edgar D. (Jr.)† May 21st, 1944
Plot: 82 Grave: 46B-46D

Fritz, Robert E.* October 15th, 1917
† September 23rd, 1944

Ferguson, John S.* 1915
† June 11th, 1942
Plot: 2 Grave: 220-A

Fisher, Walter Lester* October 27th, 1917

Fitton, Alfred J.* August 24th, 1899
† October 5th, 1963

Fesmire, George R.† March 27th, 1945
Plot: G Row: 12 Grave: 6

Frear, Harry J.* July 30th, 1920
† September 2nd, 1985
Plot: 8 Row: 0 Grave: 720

Fletcher, Osceola "Ozzie"

Fleming, Francis, P.

Flint, Harry Albert "Paddy"* 1888
† July 24th, 1944

Farinholt, Joseph A. "Lightning"* July 17th, 1922
† June 11th, 2002

Fribourg, Leonard Earl* December 31st, 1920
† August 14th, 1993
Plot: 34 Row: 23 Grave: 3

Fisk, Harold R.† January 9th, 1943
Plot: H Row: 6 Grave: 109

Forte, Thomas James* February 2nd, 1915
† December 17th, 1944
Plot: C Row: 11 Grave: 55

Fowler, Robert Beals* April 6th, 1920
† June 12th, 1945
Plot: O Grave: 154

Freeman, George W.* 1918
† May 7th, 1942
Plot: F Row: 33 Grave: 106

Foresman, Edward V.* June 14th, 1912
† May 6th, 1942

Freeny, Samuel W.* August 26th, 1896
† December 22nd, 1944

Forsberg, Harold Charles* July 9th, 1921
† February 14th, 1945

Fuller, Hurley E.* November 27th, 1894
† April 29th, 1975
Plot: PC Grave: 42

Fox, Keith B.† January 30th, 1945
Plot: N Row: 16 Grave: 15

Foley, Jack Edward* August 18th, 1922
† September 14th, 2009

Fulmer, Edward Simons* April 6th, 1919
† December 31st, 2017

Frey, Carl B.* January 17th, 1923
† December 17th, 1944

Flack, Donald P.* June 18th, 1923
† December 17th, 1944
Plot: 3 Row: 7 Grave: 4

Fitt, Carl B.* March 28th, 1923
† December 17th, 1944

Foutz, Stanley† July 26th, 1943

Fazekas, Frank* 1922
† May 27th, 1944

Frederick, George Walmsley* November 29th, 1920
† March 4th, 1943
Plot: C Row: 18 Grave: 10

Frederick, Clark* January 21st, 1916
† December 17th, 1944
Plot: 2 Row: 2 Grave: 54

Franz, Walter A.* July 22nd, 1919
† December 17th, 1944

Fiordalisi, Vincent E.† December 8th, 1944

Fleming, Albert F.† January 10th, 1945
Plot: D Row: 12 Grave: 147

Farris, Fred C.* 1913
† October 22nd, 1944
Plot: A Row: 5 Grave: 9

Foubert, Kenneth S.* December 2nd, 1921
† October 18th, 1942
Plot: C Row: 0 Grave: 253

Frederick, Robert Tryon* March 14th, 1907
† November 29th, 1970
Plot: OS Row: 66A Grave: 11

Francis, Irving V., Jr.† April 15th, 1945
Plot: K Row: 21 Grave: 4

Fudge, William Newman* December 23rd, 1917
† April 6th, 1945
Plot: K Row: 41 Grave: 33

Flaherty, Charles Albert* 1919
† 1980

Fields, James H.* June 26th, 1920
† June 17th, 1970

Frederick, Charles E.† October 20th, 1943
Plot: J Row: 11 Grave: 19

Finley, Jim William† July 24th, 1918
Plot: F Grave: 533

Fong, James, J.

Fuller, Gilbert H.* March 20th, 1918

Fraioli, Domenico† April 15th, 1945

Fuller, Jack Carl* April 3rd, 1921
† April 7th, 1945

Frisz, Valentine G. Jr.* January 6th, 1922
† April 12th, 1944

Frihauf, Michael Anthony* September 30th, 1917
† July 24th, 1944

Farris, Fred* August 4th, 1924
† November 20th, 1943

Fox, Douglas Harold* March 26th, 1905
† November 13th, 1942

Faulkner, James C.O.

Fraser, Thomas Edward* February 6th, 1901
† November 15th, 1942

Freeland, Frank† December 12th, 1942

Flanery, Charles Williams* January 18th, 1916
† April 30th, 1945
Plot: T Row: 10

Faurot, Robert L.† March 3rd, 1943

Fiala, Victor Emerson "Vic"* January 3rd, 1918
† January 9th, 1945

Frausto, Raymond Robert

Ford, Seth A.† August 26th, 1942

Freas, Charles R.† August 17th, 1943

Fehily, Thomas R.† April 27th, 1945

Feehan, Robert E.† August 21st, 1943

Friend, Martin J.† March 11th, 1945

Foreman, Howard Clark* September 8th, 1920
† July 31st, 1971

Farkas, George* April 3rd, 1912
† September 5th, 1944

Findley, Joseph Allen† September 17th, 1944
Plot: A Row: 14 Grave: 28

Fagan, Norman† May 25th, 1944

Faggart, Donald Armstrong "Nick"* March 9th, 1921
† February 2nd, 1996

Fairbanks, Delbert E.* June 20th, 1916
† February 18th, 1989

Fairchild, Donald, E.

Falzone, Benedetto

Fardy, John Peter* August 8th, 1922
† May 7th, 1945

Farmer, Leroy, T.

Farrar, Archibald Alexander* September 6th, 1921
† December 25th, 1992

Farrington, Henry, C.

Farris, William W.

Fateley, Glenn A. "Red"† June 16th, 1944

Feathers, Victor Guy

Featherston, John H. J.† March 24th, 1945

Feazell, Claudis, E.

Fedele, Anthony, J.

Feliz, Robert A.* 1923
† October 23rd, 2010

Felkins, William C.† November 1st, 1944
Plot: C Row: 3 Grave: 38

Femoyer, Robert Edward* October 31st, 1921
† November 2nd, 1944

Fende, John P.* September 22nd, 1922
† March 21st, 2011

Fendrick, Emil

Feretti, G. S.

Ferguson, Francis, R.

Ferguson, Henry† April 15th, 1945

Ferguson, Thomas, A.

Fernandes, Alfred J.† November 6th, 1944

Fernandez, George V.† June 6th, 1944

Ferrante, Lawrence

Ferrell, Ezra, A.

Ferrell, Joseph, M.

Ferretti, George, S.

Fessler, Clarence, W.

Fetitta, Henry, J.

Feury, Donald Ward* June 12th, 1910
† December 20th, 1942

Fick, Richard, J.

Fidrocki, Henry† August 15th, 2013

Field, Robert, J.

Fields, Brady L.† April 3rd, 1945

Fields, J. R.

Figueroa, Frederick* June 30th, 1927
† May 11th, 1945

Finch, James, N. Jr.

Finder, Edwin† June 6th, 1944

Fine, John, W.

Finedell, Frederick, J.

Fink, Anton* September 26th, 1915
† July 14th, 2006

Finn, James E.† February 20th, 1945

Finn, John William* July 23rd, 1909
† May 27th, 2010

Fionte, Arthur, A.

Fiore, Albert, L.

Fiscella, John, A.

Fisher, Almond Edward* January 28th, 1913
† January 7th, 1982

Fisk, Orvial, W.

Fitzpatrick, Lawrence G. "Larry"* September 1st, 1923
† June 15th, 2010

Flack, Einar† September 26th, 1944

Flack, Henry, J.

Flaherty, Francis Charles* March 15th, 1919
† December 7th, 1941

Flanagan, Edward, J.

Flanders, Francis E.* August 25th, 1919
† June 7th, 1944

Flanigan, Edward, J.

Fleming, Richard Eugene* November 2nd, 1917
† June 5th, 1942

Fleming, William C.† December 25th, 1944
Plot: E Row: 1 Grave: 14

Fleming, William J.† September 27th, 1944
Plot: E Row: 14 Grave: 36

Fleming, William McKinley* January 20th, 1907
† January 10th, 1944
Plot: J Grave: 13882

Fleming, William Sloan* March 28th, 1916

Fletcher, Frank Jack* April 29th, 1885
† April 25th, 1973

Flores, Gilberto

Flores, Longine, C.

Flowers, Bernard M.

Floyd, Arthur

Flynn, John F., Jr.

Flyte, Johnson, J.

Fogel, Jack, Y.

Fogg, Frank Derrold* February 29th, 1920

Foley, Bernard Lawrence† March 29th, 1944

Foley, James E.† March 17th, 1945

Fomby, Clifton E.* January 29th, 1919
† November 22nd, 1943

Fong, Gong, B.

Foote, Glenn S.† August 10th, 1943

Ford, John Martin Feeney* February 1st, 1894
† August 31st, 1973

Ford, Robert, L.

Forney, Paul F.† July 30th, 1944

Forrest, Robert W.* March 3rd, 1921
† December 9th, 2000
Plot: MA2 Grave: 44

Forte, Joseph A.

Foss, Arthur, R.

Foster, William Adelbert* February 17th, 1915
† May 2nd, 1945
Plot: 50 Row: 53 Grave: 2

Fothergill, Clifford, C.

Fournier, Henry, A.

Fournier, Louis, C.

Fournier, William Grant* June 21st, 1913
† January 13th, 1943

Fowler, Thomas Weldon* October 31st, 1921
† June 3rd, 1944

Fowlkes, Alpheus E., Jr.† October 2nd, 1944

Fowlkes, Chaster, A.

Fox, Annie G.

Fox, George L.* March 15th, 1900
† February 3rd, 1943

Fox, John Robert* May 18th, 1918
† December 26th, 1944

Frahm, William, W.

Frakes, Raleigh, N.

Fraley, Edward, W.

Frandsen, Earl C.* 1902
† January 9th, 1945

Franklin, Marvin, E.

Frankovitz, John* December 9th, 1920
† April 15th, 1945

Franzman, Kurt† April 13th, 1945

Frasher, Paul

Frazer, Robert G.

Freitas, Clarence† November 13th, 1944
Plot: J Row: 23 Grave: 21

French, DeWitt H., Jr.† July 5th, 2008

French, Harold, S.

French, John, M. Jr.

French, Nelson Theo* July 25th, 1918
† October 9th, 1942

Frigo, Lionel O. "Lee"* September 19th, 1920
† March 2nd, 1986

Frost, Raymond C.

Fruh, George, P.

Fry, James C.

Fryar, Elmer E.* 1915
† December 8th, 1944

Frye, Warren H.† December 25th, 1944

Fuchs, Edward, L.

Fugitt, Warren Graves

Fuh, George, P.

Fujii, Yutaka* August 21st, 1911
† January 24th, 1944

Fujimoto, Toshiaki* April 27th, 1917
† October 18th, 1943

Fulk, Jesse, J.

Fuller, Donald, A.

Fuller, Herman Roy* October 29th, 1914
† September 26th, 1944
Plot: P Row: 7 Grave: 7

Fuller, Robert, D.

Fulton, Robert, W.

Fung, Elay, J.

Funk, Leonard A. Jr.* August 27th, 1916
† November 20th, 1992

Fuqua, Allen A.† April 8th, 1945

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