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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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Aalbu, Arne Oscar* September 22nd, 1911
† December 9th, 1944

Aaron, Hubert Lee* October 18th, 1923
† June 2nd, 2014

Aaron, John Daniel* February 10th, 1923
† November 27th, 1944
Plot: B Row: 4 Grave: 32

Abbey, Philip David* October 18th, 1923
† June 9th, 1944
Plot: F Row: 17 Grave: 9

Abbott, Earl Leroy "Abby"* January 8th, 1919
† January 24th, 1945

Abbott, Edgar Raymond* November 10th, 1917
† June 17th, 1944
Plot: C Row: 16 Grave: 30

Abbott, William Edwin* June 29th, 1925
† December 12th, 1944

Abdallah, John Edward "Ed"* December 21st, 1917
† October 28th, 1994

Abdo, Edward B.* 1924
† December 20th, 1944
Plot: K Row: 13 Grave: 21

Abel, Rondo Grayson (USMC)* November 4th, 1920
† June 13th, 1977

Abele, Mannert Lincoln (USN)* July 11th, 1903
† August 16th, 1942

Abeles, Afred Beecher (USAF)* June 12th, 1923
† January 23rd, 1945

Abercrombie, Alexander Miller "Alex"* May 7th, 1921
† April 18th, 1945
Plot: D Row: 18 Grave: 15

Abercrombie, William Warner* July 24th, 1914
† June 4th, 1942

Abernathy, Elmer Paul (USN)* June 14th, 1899
† December 15th, 1990
Plot: Y Row: O Grave: C-1292F

Abney, Grady* 1916
† September 20th, 1945
Plot: A Row: 12 Grave: 19

Abraham, Robert "Bob"* July 16th, 1914
† March 10th, 2004

Abraham, Rudy J.

Abt, John Bernard "Jack"* April 28th, 1926
† May 5th, 1945
Plot: E Grave: 116

Acciarito, Benjamin† September 26th, 1944
Plot: C Row: 29 Grave: 77

Acheson, Robert B.* January 25th, 1912
† January 22nd, 1982

Ackerman, Harry (USAF)* August 17th, 1919
† April 13th, 2015

Ackley, William J.* October 1st, 1918

Acock, George, L.

Acree, Lloyd Edgar* July 31st, 1920
† October 12th, 1942

Actub, Juan† May 5th, 1942

Adamczyk, Michael S.* August 4th, 1908
† November 21st, 1944
Plot: A Row: 16 Grave: 22

Adamkoski, Frank Jr.† January 17th, 1945

Adams, Carlton R.* April 6th, 1908
† October 26th, 1990

Adams, Charles B.† June 5th, 1945

Adams, Claude R.

Adams, Curtis* November 9th, 1920
† December 17th, 1944
Plot: C Row: 11 Grave: 41

Adams, Dale F.* June 25th, 1919
† September 20th, 1944

Adams, Dewey, F.

Adams, Donald R.* February 20th, 1920
† September 20th, 1944

Adams, Gerald, E.

Adams, Homer, A.

Adams, Joe Carol* June 4th, 1924
† October 15th, 1944
Plot: B Row: 6 Grave: 15

Adams, Jonathan E., Jr. "Jock"* September 8th, 1917
† September 20th, 1984

Adams, Lucian* October 26th, 1922
† March 31st, 2003
Plot: AI Grave: 555

Adams, Plaz, P.

Addy, Floyd E.* June 20th, 1919
† June 14th, 1944
Plot: N Row: 18 Grave: 11

Adkison, Joseph Bernard* January 4th, 1892
† May 23rd, 1965

Adler, Philip M.* 1914

Adler, Samuel Ludwig "Sam" (US Army)* October 4th, 1910
† April 20th, 1945
Plot: F Row: 11 Grave: 26

Afflitto, Walter Frank "Flip"* June 18th, 1920
† August 22nd, 1989

Agerholm, Harold Christ* January 29th, 1925
† July 7th, 1944
Plot: 4-E Row: 8 Grave: 4

Agna, Reginald A.* December 24th, 1914
† November 23rd, 1944
Plot: G Row: 13 Grave: 23

Ahad, Iman Marajukin L.* April 9th, 1918
† December 25th, 1971

Ahearn, John Littleton* November 30th, 1914
† June 23rd, 2004

Ahlgren, Vernon, A.

Aho, Augustus* October 7th, 1920
† December 20th, 1943

Aho, Edward W.* October 10th, 1906
† October 31st, 1945

Aho, Eino Raymond* June 28th, 1925
† November 18th, 1944
Plot: C Row: 5 Grave: 12

Ahrens, Edward Henry (USMC)* November 4th, 1919
† August 8th, 1942
Plot: 86 Row: 49

Aiello, James Joseph* August 27th, 1912
† March 2nd, 1996

Aiello, Vincent J.* July 11th, 1922
† November 9th, 1944

Ainsworth, Ellen Gertrude* March 9th, 1919
† February 16th, 1944
Plot: C Row: 11 Grave: 22

Aitkens, J.V.

Aker, Fred Theador* August 20th, 1920
† April 17th, 1945
Plot: L Row: 8 Grave: 13

Akin, J. B. "Bill"* February 3rd, 1923
† March 29th, 1945
Plot: C Row: 13 Grave: 23

Akin, John H.* January 19th, 1922
† May 9th, 1944

Akin, John Herbert (Sr.)* 1917
† February 25th, 1945
Plot: D Row: 7 Grave: 19

Akin, Robert Eugene* January 11th, 1926
† December 17th, 1944
Plot: C Row: 21 Grave: 3

Akins, Hugh J. "Rosie"* 1923
† October 4th, 1944
Plot: F Row: 3 Grave: 4

Akiyama, Hideo* July 2nd, 1912
† July 10th, 1944

Alameda, James, R.

Albaugh, Daniel S.* 1926
† March 20th, 1945

Albert, Howard† December 23rd, 1943

Alberts, Phillip† February 4th, 1945
Plot: H Row: 3 Grave: 38

Alcantar, Max L.* December 14th, 1921
† February 25th, 1945

Alco, Dominick J* April 1st, 1907
† November 21st, 1944
Plot: L Row: 21 Grave: 3

Aldy, Willie D.* March 2nd, 1913
† March 31st, 1945

Alevis, George, D.

Alexander, Boyd A.† September 17th, 1944
Plot: M Row: 14 Grave: 7

Alexander, Bruce C.* January 10th, 1922
† December 6th, 1944

Alexander, Charles Reed* January 13th, 1917
† February 25th, 1944
Plot: I Row: 18 Grave: 8

Alexander, John D.

Alexander, Jr. Charles B.

Alexander, Mark James* January 23rd, 1911
† May 21st, 2004

Alexander, Paul Edwin† June 14th, 1944
Plot: E Row: 14 Grave: 39

Alexander, Richard D.

Alexson, Frank† July 28th, 2016

Alfonso, Jafet* 1918
† September 20th, 1944

Alford, Elwin* October 11th, 1922
† June 14th, 1942
Plot: 60 Grave: 8345

Alford, Fred, S.

Alioto, John* May 2nd, 1915
† February 25th, 1945

Alison, John Richardson (Johnny)* November 21st, 1912
† June 6th, 2011
Plot: 30 Grave: 332-2

Allan, James D.* 1924
† April 11th, 2012

Allborty, Jake

Alleckson, Theodore A.* 1917
† July 17th, 1942

Allegaert, Peter, F.

Alleman, Virgil Calvin (USAAF)* October 28th, 1913
† June 12th, 1942
Plot: 2 Grave: 220-A

Allen, Claude W.† November 15th, 1944
Plot: A Row: 28 Grave: 17

Allen, Doniphan Monroe "Don"* August 5th, 1911
† November 29th, 1944

Allen, Edgel

Allen, Edward, E.

Allen, Edward, L.

Allen, Francis L.† January 30th, 1945
Plot: C Row: 15 Grave: 23

Allen, George A.† November 10th, 1943

Allen, James W. "Jimmy" Jr.* February 5th, 1923
† September 20th, 1944

Allen, John E. Jr.† December 20th, 1944
Plot: H Row: 2 Grave: 64

Allen, Leroy E.† September 11th, 1944

Allen, Linwood, T.

Allen, Robert G.† October 7th, 1944

Allen, Walter Henry "Pappy"* May 17th, 1915
† April 23rd, 1951
Plot: 12 Grave: 1656-4

Alley, James H. "Mo", Jr.* July 20th, 1922
† March 14th, 2008

Allman, Clifford Lee (USN)† February 18th, 1945

Allman, Kenneth, W.† July 25th, 1944
Plot: I Row: 21 Grave: 5

Allmon, Mervin Wilcox

Allworth, Edward Christopher* July 6th, 1895
† June 24th, 1966

Alston, Augustus Howard Jr.

Alterio, Ernest* June 9th, 1912
† December 28th, 2003

Altig, Orton Thomas* January 14th, 1923
† April 6th, 1945
Plot: D Row: 14 Grave: 25

Altman, Sidney Joseph (USMC)* November 5th, 1917
† June 20th, 1998

Altomare, Eugene† November 5th, 1943

Alva, Fidel* April 25th, 1925
† September 18th, 1944

Alvarez, Manuel Lopez (US Army)* June 6th, 1926
† September 19th, 1944

Amaral, George R.† July 10th, 1943

Amaral, Joseph, A. Jr.

Amaral, Noah R

Ambro, Eugene Allan* October 16th, 1919
† October 24th, 1944

Ambrose, Edmund P.† October 22nd, 1944

Amerman, Walter Gordon Dr. (US Army)* November 7th, 1919
† December 28th, 1988

Ames, Godfrey Roland "Roly"* May 4th, 1912
† January 31st, 1945
Plot: XXXVI Grave: C-108

Ames, Robert, E.

Amey, Herbert R., Jr.* February 22nd, 1913
† November 20th, 1943
Plot: Q Row: 0 Grave: 290

Amiot, George E., Jr.* November 21st, 1912
† December 31st, 1944

Amor, Antonio

Amos, Robert* 1917
† October 24th, 1944

Amy, Eugene

Anderson, Albert* 1918
† October 24th, 1944

Anderson, Allan S.† March 19th, 1944

Anderson, Andrew, E. Jr.

Anderson, Beauford T. "Andy"* July 6th, 1922
† November 7th, 1996

Anderson, Burton J.† 1977

Anderson, Clarence Leland* December 1st, 1913
† July 8th, 1944

Anderson, Dean

Anderson, Elman Adair (USMC)* May 27th, 1923
† September 3rd, 1944
Plot: S Grave: 190

Anderson, Eugene E.* May 16th, 1923
† September 30th, 1944

Anderson, James H.* April 1920

Anderson, James R.† October 9th, 1943

Anderson, Joel, H.

Anderson, John S.† March 26th, 1945

Anderson, Leslie, G.

Anderson, Lowell A.* June 19th, 1918
† May 8th, 1942

Anderson, Maurice Milner* September 18th, 1924
† December 15th, 2007

Anderson, Norman M.

Anderson, Richard Beatty* June 26th, 1921
† February 1st, 1944
Plot: 1 Row: C Grave: 5

Anderson, Richard C.† February 22nd, 1944
Plot: B Row: 27 Grave: 9

Anderson, Theodore S.

Anderson, Victor, C.

Andreas, Jack† July 11th, 1943

Andres, Anthony F.† June 21st, 1944

Andrews, Malcolm

Androsky, John P.† October 5th, 1944

Angeloff, Carl A.† September 20th, 1944
Plot: C Row: 20 Grave: 1

Angerer, Raymond, F.

Angotti, Anthony, A.

Anhut, Charles R.* 1923
† September 21st, 1944

Anker, Leonard A.

Annin III, Robert Edwards* May 30th, 1918
† March 30th, 1945
Plot: M Row: 9 Grave: 5

Anthony, Clyde Romain* October 8th, 1915
† June 7th, 1978

Antolak, Sylvester* September 10th, 1916
† May 24th, 1944
Plot: C Row: 12 Grave: 13

Anton, Ywlek

Antone, Ferris J.† August 26th, 1942

Antonioli, Louis L.† March 26th, 2005

Antrim, Richard Nott* December 17th, 1907
† March 8th, 1969
Plot: 35 Grave: 2613

Apap, Charles* December 9th, 1922
† June 15th, 1944

Apodaca, Juan O.* April 7th, 1925
† October 19th, 1944

Appell, Francis, R.* 1900
† January 13th, 1945
Plot: E Row: 10 Grave: 21

Appleby, Gene J.* September 1st, 1914
† September 17th, 1944

Appleby, Gene J.† September 17th, 1944

Aragon, Eduardo, A.

Arbuckle, William Nathan* July 28th, 1917
† August 21st, 1944
Plot: A Row: 19 Grave: 44

Archer, Charles Leroy* September 2nd, 1919
† March 28th, 1987

Archuleta, Paul, S.

Areklet, Norman John* 1922
† September 21st, 1944

Arledge, William H.† October 6th, 1944

Armellino, John Ralph* February 21st, 1921
† September 17th, 2004

Armentrout, George C.

Armstrong Sr., John Leroy "Jack"* July 19th, 1922
† September 5th, 1954

Armstrong, Paul Edward "Tommy"* April 1st, 1917
† May 6th, 1942

Armstrong, Thomas, B.

Arndt, James, C.

Arnold, Dale F.† April 7th, 1944

Arnold, Daniel A.

Arnold, Ellis E. (Jr.)† December 15th, 1942

Arnold, Herman Franklin (USMC)* March 6th, 1920
† September 14th, 1942

Arnold, Lowell Edward* December 21st, 1917
† May 23rd, 1944
Plot: B Grave: 350

Arnold, Robert D.† January 12th, 1944
Plot: J Row: 3 Grave: 31

Arnold, William M.

Arnoult, Carl A.* 1918
† June 1st, 1945

Arrington, Sr, George Howell* September 19th, 1918
† May 27th, 1994

Arriola, Vicente M.† November 28th, 1944
Plot: A Row: 25 Grave: 27

Arrison, Robert L.

Arrowsmith, Kenneth, J.

Arsenault, Norman (USMC)* May 22nd, 1926
† July 8th, 1944
Plot: B Grave: 882

Arter, Berman Lee (US Army)* September 16th, 1919
† October 10th, 1987

Artkamp, Maurice B.* June 5th, 1911
Plot: 0 Row: 0 Grave: 0

Ash, Merlin T.* June 30th, 1922
† September 24th, 1944

Ashburn, James Carlon* 1926
† March 7th, 1945

Ashman, Charles H.* March 1st, 1924
† May 21st, 1945
Plot: C Row: 29 Grave: 73

Ashmore, Vester

Ashton, Clarence Mcallister* February 14th, 1923
† September 4th, 2011
Plot: CC3 Row: 2 Grave: 15

Ashworth, Wilson P.* August 5th, 1918
† April 18th, 1945
Plot: L Row: 8 Grave: 5

Askren, William V.† September 20th, 1944

Asmus, George M.† March 2nd, 1945
Plot: J Row: 13 Grave: 2

Atchison, Mark Dorgan† 1951

Atchley, John E.* 1924
† January 3rd, 1945
Plot: E Row: 12 Grave: 8

Atherton, Roger L.† September 20th, 1944
Plot: F Row: 2 Grave: 22

Atkins, Carl Harm* March 22nd, 1919
† July 26th, 2013

Atkins, George Joseph† November 20th, 1943

Atkins, Thomas Eugene* February 5th, 1921
† September 15th, 1999

Atkinson, Gerald V.† April 10th, 1945

Atkinson, Robert Edward "Ed"* March 18th, 1920
† March 29th, 1943

Atlee, William H.† June 6th, 1944

Atwood, Dale H.† June 6th, 1944

Atwood, Dayton D.* 1922
† December 25th, 1944
Plot: B Row: 5 Grave: 4

Atwood, Paul B.

Auck, Thomas W.* September 22nd, 1924
† February 2nd, 1945
Plot: C Row: 8 Grave: 4

Audiffred, Frank Alexander "Cajun Boy", Jr.* 1921
† December 20th, 2019

Augustine, Alfred Anthony* 1914
† 1994

Auman, Joseph Martin* January 4th, 1922
† November 12th, 1942

Aungier, John, J. Jr.

Aurness, James King "Jim"* May 26th, 1923
† June 3rd, 2011

Austin, Raymond

Averitte, Archie F.† September 2nd, 1944

Axline, Sherman Eugene* July 20th, 1925
† September 20th, 1944
Plot: F Row: 2 Grave: 15

Ayers John E.† February 19th, 1944
Plot: G Row: 10 Grave: 12

Azur, George Joseph* March 21st, 1919
† April 17th, 1945

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