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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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Dacey, James J., Jr.† October 10th, 1944

Daffin, Philip, T.

Dages, Ralph, C.

Dagon, William M.* November 23rd, 1923
† April 9th, 1999

Dahlgren, Edward Carl* March 14th, 1916
† May 31st, 2006

Daigle, Alfred Joseph† July 25th, 1944
Plot: N Grave: 673

Dailey, Lewis E.† July 17th, 1944
Plot: J Row: 12 Grave: 4

Dailey, Robert L.* October 31st, 1920
† June 6th, 1944
Plot: H Row: 1 Grave: 28

Dale, Floyd, W.

Dalessondro, Peter Joseph* May 19th, 1918
† October 15th, 1997

Dallas, Jack W.* April 23rd, 1921
† February 8th, 1945
Plot: B Grave: 228

Dalton, William, E.

Daly, John Jr.

Daly, Joseph, L.

Daly, Michael Joseph* September 15th, 1924
† July 25th, 2008

Daly, Thomas A.† February 23rd, 1945

Damato, Anthony Peter* March 28th, 1922
† February 20th, 1944

Dammer, Herman W.

Damon, Stanley, E. Z.

Danforth, Carl. A.† January 23rd, 1944

Daniel, Ralph Audary* October 24th, 1904
† October 7th, 1944
Plot: K Row: 1 Grave: 14

Danielowski,C. P.

Dankmyer,Herbert,C.

Danuluk, Vasil

Darby, William Orlando "Bill"* February 8th, 1911
† April 30th, 1945

Darling, Eugene R.† April 14th, 1945
Plot: C Row: 21 Grave: 28

Daugherty, L.D.* August 31st, 1923
† November 19th, 1995

Daulton, Orin, L.

Daum, John A.† June 8th, 1944

Davidson, James Robert† April 8th, 1945

Davidson, Paul G.* January 14th, 1923
† December 17th, 1944
Plot: 38 Row: 300 Grave: 181

Davidson, Robert Harold* January 15th, 1919
† October 10th, 1982

Davies, John E.* December 8th, 1908
† September 23rd, 1944

Davies, William, H.

Davila, Rudolph B.* April 27th, 1916
† January 26th, 2002

Davis, Cecil, J.

Davis, Charles, D.

Davis, David, W.

Davis, Edwin G.† December 25th, 1944
Plot: B Row: 3 Grave: 44

Davis, Elba† November 22nd, 1944
Plot: A Row: 8 Grave: 118

Davis, George* 1922
† December 17th, 1944
Plot: D Row: 10 Grave: 61

Davis, George Fleming* March 23rd, 1911
† January 6th, 1945

Davis, George J.

Davis, George, L.

Davis, Harold W.† August 26th, 1942

Davis, Hugh A. "Pete"* October 16th, 1922
† January 7th, 2008

Davis, Jackson† March 31st, 1945

Davis, James J.† July 7th, 1944

Davis, Judson C., Jr.* May 15th, 1921
† September 12th, 1990

Davis, Lawrence J.* February 17th, 1919
† October 10th, 1944

Davis, Leland LaFroy* March 25th, 1917
† June 14th, 1942
Plot: 60 Grave: 8347

Davis, Lorenzo J.* December 11th, 1924
† January 29th, 1945
Plot: E Row: 8 Grave: 64

Davis, Marquis E.† July 11th, 1944

Davis, Nelson H.† February 25th, 1944

Davis, Raymond Gilbert "Ray"* January 13th, 1915
† September 3rd, 2003

Davis, Robert L.

Davis, Rodmond, H.

Davis, Samuel C.† July 17th, 1944
Plot: E Row: 4 Grave: 30

Davis, Warren* February 12th, 1922
† December 17th, 1944
Plot: C Row: 10 Grave: 59

Davis, Warren M.

Davis, William F* January 21st, 1917
† October 14th, 1944

Davis, Windell E.* March 8th, 1923

Davison, Michael Shannon* March 21st, 1917
† September 7th, 2006
Plot: VII Row: C Grave: 159

Dawson, Linwood Blakeley

Day, Howard, R.

Day, James Lewis* October 5th, 1925
† October 28th, 1998
Plot: P Grave: 1748

Day, Thomas B.† December 21st, 1944
Plot: N Row: 11 Grave: 31

De Boer, Clifford† November 18th, 1944
Plot: A Row: 13 Grave: 6

De Boer, Quentin† April 5th, 1945
Plot: H Row: 19 Grave: 4

De Boer, Theodore B.† January 7th, 1945
Plot: H Row: 9 Grave: 29

De Costa, Thomas* May 18th, 1920
† June 5th, 1942
Plot: D Row: 4 Grave: 247

De Febio, Michael* May 13th, 1918
† April 12th, 1945
Plot: E Row: 2 Grave: 7

De Graffenreid, Fayet R.* February 29th, 1916
† April 10th, 1945
Plot: D Row: 21 Grave: 20

De Grasse, Harold A.* May 3rd, 1923
† April 6th, 1945
Plot: N Row: 11 Grave: 17

De Kraker, Herman

De Shong, Irving† February 21st, 1945

De Toris, James* January 14th, 1920
† October 9th, 1942
Plot: I Row: 18 Grave: 3

De Vane, Francis T.† February 10th, 1945
Plot: Court 7

De Visser, Adrian† February 16th, 1944
Plot: I Row: 9 Grave: 71

De Visser, Charley† March 15th, 1945
Plot: G Row: 6 Grave: 13

De Vivo, Sebastian* January 2nd, 1922
† June 10th, 1944

De Vore, Willard A.† February 2nd, 1945
Plot: D Row: 11 Grave: 62

De Weever, Carl Clement Jr.* May 18th, 1923
† November 23rd, 2002
Plot: 54 Grave: 3691

Dealey, Samuel David* September 13th, 1906
† August 24th, 1944

Dean, Arthur, D.

Dean, Paul

Dean, William C., Jr.* 1923
† April 19th, 1944

Deane, Laurence Dare* August 15th, 1923
† May 20th, 1945
Plot: E Grave: 845

Deans, Davis, G.

Deasey, John, J. Jr.

Deblanc, Jefferson Joseph* February 15th, 1921
† November 22nd, 2007

DeCarvalho, George M.† April 25th, 1994

Decatur, Richard G.

DeClaris, Joseph, E.

DeCoster, James V.* December 22nd, 1922
† January 13th, 1988

DeCristofaro, Anthony

Dee, Hall* September 3rd, 1924
† June 14th, 1942
Plot: 60 Grave: 8345

Deel, Autry, C.

Deem, Harry B.† June 7th, 1944
Plot: C Row: 20 Grave: 36

Deering, Robert Patrick* March 11th, 1920
† January 30th, 1944
Plot: D Row: 10 Grave: 11

Deets, Virgil Duane* November 16th, 1919
† March 1st, 1945

Defibaugh, William, A.

Deflumeri, Alfred Louis* May 26th, 1911
† March 26th, 1944
Plot: G Row: 11 Grave: 15

DeFranzo, Arthur Frederick* March 20th, 1919
† June 10th, 1944

DeGlopper, Charles Neilans* November 30th, 1921
† June 9th, 1944

DeGraffenreid, Allen, B.

Deinlein, Leonard† May 25th, 1944

Deitz, Broadus, S.

Delaney, Thomas, L.

Deleau, Emile Jr.* June 28th, 1923
† January 2nd, 1945
Plot: D

Della Betta, Prosdocimo J. "Dutch"* October 15th, 1919
† March 15th, 1944

Dellagnena, Flore* June 11th, 1925
† May 21st, 1945

Delmonico, Dominick† September 11th, 1945
Plot: C Row: 11 Grave: 29

DeLong, Earl

Deluga, Leonard A.† September 10th, 1944

Delury, John P.† May 15th, 1997

Delwo, Howard F.* September 2nd, 1920
† November 29th, 1944
Plot: C Row: 4 Grave: 14

Demick, Kenneth, J.

Demott, Carey L.* July 2nd, 1917
† May 27th, 1950

DeNard, Vincent V.† February 10th, 1944

Deneen, Jerome C.† September 8th, 1944

Denig, James Livingston* December 25th, 1919
† February 1st, 1944
Plot: 01 Grave: 165B

Denmead, Donald R.* 1923
† December 16th, 1943

Dennis, Wayne, N.

Dennison, Hiram

Denson, Harold† June 11th, 1942
Plot: 2 Grave: 220-A

Dent, Virgil B. Jr.* 1925
† March 7th, 1945
Plot: F Row: 9 Grave: 67

Denton, Daniel V.† July 11th, 1943

DePaepe, Raymond Howard* December 23rd, 1922
† May 21st, 2013

Depew, John M.† June 12th, 1944

DePinto, Natoli C.* April 19th, 1921
† February 28th, 1945

Derby, Arthur Lawrence Jr.* 1916
† January 25th, 1945

Derowin, Frank, D.

Desch, Howard C.* July 25th, 1923
† December 17th, 1944

DeShazer, Jacob Daniel "Jake"* November 15th, 1912
† March 15th, 2008

Desiderio, Reginald Benjamin (US Army)* September 12th, 1918
† November 27th, 1950

Desmond, William J. "Bill"* May 3rd, 1916
† February 24th, 1944
Plot: 33 Grave: 11404

Desobry, William R.* September 11th, 1918
† January 12th, 1996
Plot: PG Grave: 95

DeStefano, Anthony, B. (US Army)

DeStefano, Pasqualy E. "Patsy" (USMC)

DeVaney, Cleveland R.

DeVaudreuil, Theodore E.* December 4th, 1922
† September 30th, 1944
Plot: C Row: 9 Grave: 50

Devine, Robert P.† February 2nd, 1945
Plot: D Row: 8 Grave: 43

Devine, Samuel A., Jr.† April 15th, 1945
Plot: C Row: 21 Grave: 12

Dew, Robert G.† September 27th, 1944

DeWeese, Ralph Eugene "Bud"* July 7th, 1918
† September 23rd, 1944

DeWitt, Jack Richard

DeWitt, Terry S.* February 25th, 1917
† September 30th, 1944
Plot: G Row: 3 Grave: 3

DeWoody, John, S.

Dexter, Robert B.

Deyoe, Warner S.* 1923

Dezutter, Albert R.† February 13th, 1944

Di Lorio, Libaerato A.† November 12th, 1945

Di Rienzo, John C.† September 17th, 1943

Diamond, James H.* April 22nd, 1925
† May 14th, 1945

Diamond, LeRoy

Diamond, William

Dicassio, Daniel John* May 17th, 1922
† May 6th, 1942

Dick, Harold E.* 1920
† January 4th, 1945
Plot: A Row: 8 Grave: 20

Dickerson, James Jackson "Dick"

Dickey, George T.† September 9th, 1944

Dickey, Halley K., Jr.† July 17th, 1944

Dickinson, Robert E.

Dickinson, William Hayden* March 22nd, 1923
† May 25th, 1944

Dicktakes, Spiro* June 17th, 1921
† January 7th, 2012

Diederich, Raymond John* July 23rd, 1922
† February 22nd, 1944

Diehl, Bill V.* May 6th, 1914
† July 17th, 1942

Dien, Bernard, B.

Dietz, Frederick F. (Jr.)† March 19th, 1944

Dietz, Robert H.* January 22nd, 1921
† March 29th, 1945
Plot: 6 Grave: 12

Difalco, Guy L.† September 17th, 1944

Dike, Norman Staunton "Foxhole Norman", Jr.* May 19th, 1918
† June 23rd, 1989

Dikoon, Walter† September 17th, 1944
Plot: F Row: 4 Grave: 10

Dillon, Jerry, V.

DiLorenzo, James, J.

DiMonte, John

Dinges Jr., Millard F.* December 25th, 1921
† August 28th, 2002

Dinkins, Sherman Tecumpse* May 31st, 1914
† November 7th, 1944

Dinsmore, Robert W.* September 7th, 1923
† January 18th, 1995

Dirago, Jimmie E., Jr.† October 29th, 1945

Disher, Leo "Bill"

Distefano, William, J. (US Army)

DiTrapani, John E.* December 30th, 1920
† July 7th, 1944
Plot: O Row: 3 Grave: 11

Dixon, Carl G.† January 4th, 1945
Plot: H Row: 3 Grave: 20

Dixon, Thomas, E.

Dixon, Wilford N.* January 1st, 1920
† September 20th, 1944
Plot: P Row: 8 Grave: 5

Dobbs, Roy, F.

Dobis, Arthur, H.

Does, Thomas, A.

Dohs, Francis H.† February 23rd, 1945

Dolan, Vincent, J.

Dolinski, Stanley J.† November 12th, 1943
Plot: D Row: 7 Grave: 42

Domangue, Herman A.

Dombrowski, Stanley R.* August 8th, 1918

Domz, Raymond

Donaldson, John B.† April 6th, 1945
Plot: C Row: 7 Grave: 9

Donoskovic, Daniel, R

Donovan, John, J.

Donovan, Oswald, E.

Doran, Robert E.† September 18th, 1944

Dornstetter, Louis John* October 25th, 1913
† November 8th, 1944

Dorr, Earle L., Jr.† December 5th, 1944

Dorr, Michael W.† April 11th, 1945
Plot: L Row: 17 Grave: 3

Dorsey, Joseph E.

Doss, Desmond Thomas* February 7th, 1919
† March 23rd, 2006

Doss, Thomas, A

Doster, Glenn Edgar* March 12th, 1922
† February 21st, 1978

Dotsen, Earle

Dotson, Adrian, E.

Doty, Claude E.* October 21st, 1919
† November 20th, 1944

Doubleman, Nathan B.* 1915
† March 27th, 1945
Plot: K Row: 22 Grave: 28

Dougherty, Samuel Alexander* October 8th, 1924
† September 27th, 1944

Douglas, Paul Page* December 23rd, 1919
† December 26th, 2002

Douglas, Raymond Elden* November 1st, 1919
† March 20th, 1980

Douglas, Stanley Allen Jr.† June 11th, 1942
Plot: 2 Grave: 220-A

Dove, Paul Whiney† October 24th, 1944

Dowling, Edwin S., Jr.* May 22nd, 1919
† September 29th, 1943

Downer, James G.† December 9th, 1942

Downes, John P.

Downey, Earl R., Jr.† March 24th, 1945

Doxey, John H.† February 28th, 1945
Plot: F Row: 16 Grave: 54

Doyle, William T.

Drabinowicz, Francis Peter† May 9th, 1944

Drake, Euel T.* October 26th, 1923
† March 23rd, 1944
Plot: K Row: 17 Grave: 4

Draper, Foy* November 26th, 1911
† February 1st, 1943
Plot: F Row: 10 Grave: 7

Drees, Edward W.* April 25th, 1924
† December 20th, 1943
Plot: D Row: 21 Grave: 6

Drennan, Fred O.† September 18th, 1944

Drennan, R. D.

Dress, Hillman C.† June 30th, 1965

Drew, James, F.

Drewelow, Raymond J.* March 6th, 1919
† March 5th, 1944
Plot: 60 Grave: 8017

Drewes, Henry C.† November 20th, 1943

Drews, Robert, K.

Driscoll, Thomas, R.

Drovis, Seymour P.* August 26th, 1919
† July 7th, 1944
Plot: 57 Grave: 221

Drowley, Jesse Ray* September 19th, 1919
† May 20th, 1996

Drumheller, Thomas, P.

Drummond, Joe, B.

Drury, John Edward* April 13th, 1925
† April 2nd, 1945
Plot: E Grave: 352

Dubay, Roy, C.

DuBeck, Edward Walter* October 16th, 1920
† July 2nd, 2016

Duckett, Clifford L.* September 1st, 1921
† February 10th, 1945

Duda, Peter

Duenne, Joseph Leo* November 1st, 1918
† March 5th, 1945

Duff, Carrol Wesley* August 8th, 1919
† December 11th, 1944

Duffek, Rafiel L.

Duffie, Henry Z.

Duffy, George E.

Dufrane, Harold Noe* September 9th, 1922
† November 26th, 2006
Plot: AC Grave: 18

Dugan, Augustine Davis* May 24th, 1902
† July 16th, 1987

Duggan, Joseph Daniel* November 1st, 1919
† September 8th, 2009

Duggan, Robert Urquhart* September 22nd, 1921
† July 30th, 1943

Dugger, Everett, C.

Duke, Lonnie

Dukeman, William Heiter, Jr.* September 3rd, 1921
† October 5th, 1944
Plot: G Row: 11 Grave: 2

Dunahoe, Clinton S.† November 20th, 1943

Dunbar, William John* December 1st, 1924
† December 17th, 1944
Plot: Cramer

Duncan, Daymond D.

Duncan, Louis Edward* November 20th, 1915
† November 21st, 1995
Plot: 46 Grave: 1782

Dunford, John Edward

Dungan, Allen B.† March 26th, 1945
Plot: F Row: 12 Grave: 11

Dunham, Clarence, L.

Dunham, Russell E.* February 23rd, 1920
† April 6th, 2009

Dunlap, Robert Hugo* October 19th, 1920
† March 24th, 2000

Dunleavy, James, B.

Dunning, Walter, B.

Dunster, Orien, E.

Durand, Viateur C.† October 7th, 1944

Durant, John L.† October 20th, 1944

Durante, Angelo Joseph* August 27th, 1917

Durante, Salvatore "Sal"

Durben, Fred H.* 1923
† October 30th, 1944
Plot: G Row: 4 Grave: 14

Durfee, Charles R.* August 28th, 1918
† June 17th, 1944
Plot: A Grave: 15

Durham, John Wesley* 1922
† May 6th, 1942

Durkin, Patrick A.* March 24th, 1917

Durning, Charles Edward* February 28th, 1923
† December 24th, 2012

Duryea, Justin Gates* July 11th, 1916
† June 22nd, 2001

Dutko, John W.* October 24th, 1916
† May 23rd, 1944
Plot: DSC Grave: 1

Dutton, Robert George "Bob"* December 4th, 1916
† October 12th, 1944
Plot: E Row: 9 Grave: 29

Duty, Robert

Dwelis, Edward P.* August 31st, 1919
† July 17th, 1942

Dwyer, Oliver F.† March 1st, 1945
Plot: F Row: 15 Grave: 57

Dwyer, Patrick Joseph* June 2nd, 1920
† July 26th, 1944
Plot: I Row: 11 Grave: 13

Dye, Everett D.† September 18th, 1944

Dyer, Martin Russell Jr.* June 14th, 1923
† June 30th, 1944
Plot: C Grave: 815

Dyess, Aquilla James "Jimmie"* January 11th, 1909
† February 2nd, 1944

Dykstra, Joel Bernard* February 17th, 1921
† August 5th, 2006

Dynan, Thomas W., Jr.* August 26th, 1919
† October 9th, 1942
Plot: O Row: 4 Grave: 7

Dziurgat, Eugene, C.

D’Ellia, Guido, N.

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