Notable Recipients
See also: Category:Recipients of the Purple Heart medal- James Arness, actor
- Manny Babbitt, Vietnam War veteran, executed in California in 1999.
- Rocky Bleier, football player Pittsburgh Steelers
- Charles Bronson, actor
- J. Herbert Burke, U.S. Representative from Florida
- Llewellyn Chilson, U.S. Army, WWII, 3 Distinguished Service Crosses
- Wesley Clark, US Army General
- Steponas Darius, aviator, fought for the U.S. Army during World War I
- Charles Durning, actor
- Dale Dye, actor
- James Garner, actor
- Salvatore Giunta, Medal of Honor, Afghanistan War.
- Carlos Hathcock, United States Marine Corps sniper with a record of 93 confirmed kills
- Charles Franklin Hildebrand, journalist and publisher
- James Jones, writer
- John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
- John Kerry, Massachusetts Senator and 2004 Democratic nominee for the Presidency of the United States
- Ron Kovic, writer
- Robert Leckie U.S. Marine, World War II and author. Protagonist in The Pacific
- Lex, honorary, USMC, military working dog
- Lee Marvin, actor
- John McCain, Arizona Senator and 2008 Republican nominee for the Presidency of the United States
- Audie Murphy, Medal of Honor, World War II, actor
- Robert M. Polich, Sr., featured in Minnesotas Greatest Generation (2008) short Film Festival
- Colin Powell, General, former United States Secretary of State.
- Charles P. Roland, American historian
- Rod Serling, the host, creator, and writer of the 1959 CBS television series The Twilight Zone.
- Eric Shinseki, General, current United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
- Warren Spahn, baseball player
- Oliver Stone, director
- Sergeant Stubby, war dog World War I (Original Wound stripe, changed to Purple Heart in 1932)
- Bruce Sundlun, former governor of Rhode Island.
- Pat Tillman, Arizona Cardinals Safety
- Gilbert R. Tredway, American historian wounded in Pacific Theatre
- Matt Urban, Medal of Honor and seven Purple Hearts, World War II
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., writer
- Richard Winters, Major, U.S. Army, featured in HBO mini-series Band of Brothers
- Chuck Yeager, Brigadier General, pilot who first broke the sound barrier.
- Peter Badcoe, VC Major, Australian Army, Vietnam War and recipient of the Victoria Cross
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