The Purple Heart

The Purple Heart

 
The Purple Heart
http://www.va.gov/opa/publications/celebrate/purple-heart.pdf

A Heart of Purple
http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2012/winter/purple-heart.pdf

The Military Order of the Purple Heart
http://www.purpleheart.org/
 

History
http://www.thepurpleheart.com/history/

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor
http://www.thepurpleheart.com/
https://www.facebook.com/NationalPurpleHeartHallofHonor

Search Purple Heart Recipients
http://www.thepurpleheart.com/recipient/

Enrollment Instructions pdf
http://www.thepurpleheart.com/docs/ROHEnrollmentInstructions.pdf

Enrollment Form for the Roll of Honor pdf
http://www.thepurpleheart.com/docs/Enrollment.pdf

 

I found the website to be quite useful as I found one ancestor who was injured the first day in battle in France listed on the website.

Charles A. Hall
B:21 Nov 1894 in Bellevue, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
D:19 Sep 1969 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA

http://www.thepurpleheart.com/recipient/RecipientDetails.aspx?rid=421e2732-df22-4ea9-9885-934ee1916ff9&aid=DE30

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=112123110

 

Although, I did not find any of these men listed:

 

Harold L Peppler

 

 

Killed in Battle over Manilla in the Phillipines

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=95700515

 

William C Mabius who was shot down over the Pacific.

 

I have several articles from the Steubenville Herald Star attached to his memorial.

 

 

 

He was my 2nd cousin.

 

He is buried at Jefferson Barracks with five of his crewmates.

 

William C Mabius
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40210528 

 

William F Courtney

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19277345

 

Edgar A Morley

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19535777

 

Richard C Prater

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19376327

 

Ellsworth A. Scholl

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19591289

 

John W Turner

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19636029

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