In the process of cleaning out an apartment in Dallas, a medal surfaced, alerting the cleaner to something special. It was a Purple Heart apparently awarded to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Curtis R. Patton for his service with the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam. Patton, 26, along with 20 others in his unit, was killed in action Feb. 4, 1968.
Read MoreNews 5 anchor Rob Powers was in Chippewa Lake, Ohio, for the return of Staff Sergeant Curtis Patton's Purple Heart, which had been lost for nearly six decades and was recently discovered in Texas.
Read MoreNearly six decades after Staff Sgt. Curtis R. Patton was killed in Vietnam, his Purple Heart has been returned to his family. Patton’s sister, Faye Wilcox, and brother, Jerry Patton, accepted the medal on Monday during a ceremony at Chippewa Lake Yacht Club, attended by family members, veterans and representatives of the Purple Heart Honor Mission.
Read MorePatton was just 26 when he died, leaving behind a young wife. His family lived in a small Virginia coal town where he grew up.
The years passed by and his family eventually lost touch with his wife. And then around Memorial Day this year, the family got an unexpected call. It was from the National Purple Heart Honor Mission.
Read MoreThe family of Staff Sgt. Curtis Patton gathered this week to receive a Purple Heart medal that had been missing for nearly 60 years — a reunion made possible by a stranger’s discovery in a Texas apartment.
Read MoreIf no family can be found, he things the medal should end up with a military organization like his, a nonprofit that displays orphaned medals at the Purple Heart Hall of Honor in New York.
Read MoreWINK News first introduced you to Brenda Carlson, and the Purple Heart she found, last month. That Purple Heart has since been put into some very special hands and Carlson couldn’t be prouder.
Read MoreA World War II hero’s long lost Purple Heart is back in his hometown of Rockville Centre, Long Island. The Purple Heart belonging to Charles W. Crabbe was found nearly a decade ago, tucked in a sofa in Florida.
Read MoreA Purple Heart Medal that once belonged to a war hero from Rockville Centre finally has a new home. Technical Sgt. Charles Crabbe was killed in action during WWII in 1944.
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