U.S. Army Sergeant (SGT) Wayne Henry will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes as Massachusetts’ representative at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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Cloninger enlisted in the Marine Corps on August 7, 1967, serving with 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, Delta Company. He deployed to Vietnam during the Tet Offensive and fought at the Siege of Khe Sanh before continuing combat operations in the jungles of Vietnam. He earned his Purple Heart after being wounded in a North Vietnamese ambush, suffering shrapnel injuries to his right upper arm.
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U.S. Army Sergeant (SGT) Stewart Jackson will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes as New Hampshire’s representative at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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U.S. Army Sergeant (SGT) Tom Brown will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes as Illinois’ representative at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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Frank Cirullo was in the army for six years, serving in the Vietnam War as a member of the First Air Cavalry. He received his Purple Heart after a rocket exploded near him, causing injuries to his shoulder and neck.
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A Spring City Air Force pilot who survived being shot down over Vietnam after flying hundreds of combat missions is now being honored on a national stage for a lifetime of service and sacrifice.
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U.S. Army Staff Sergeant (SSG) George Bates will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes as New York’s representative at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sergeant (SMSgt) Gary Morris will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes as Delaware’s representative at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Thomas Matteo will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes as one of Florida’s representatives at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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U.S. Army Specialist Four (SP4) Frank Cirullo will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes as Colorado’s representative at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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U.S. Navy Seaman (SN) Ron Cowart will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes as Texas’s representative at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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U.S. Army Colonel (COL) Ramon “Tony” Nadal will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes as Virginia’s representative at the multi‑day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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U.S. Marine Corps Corporal (Cpl) Jackie Drakeford will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes as South Carolina’s representative at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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Deep in the sugar beet fields in Nebraska's Panhandle, where young boys worked alongside their fathers after high school classes and baseball games, a war hero was in the making. At the time Marty Ramirez was drafted to fight in the Vietnam War in 1967, he had no idea he would someday earn national honors for his efforts in the jungle.
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U.S. Army Major (MAJ) John Moore will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes as Arizona’s representative at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded. The Purple Heart Patriot Project is a program of the National Purple Heart Honor Mission.
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Parlatore entered the Air Force in August 1966 and served for the next twenty-six years. As a member of the 391st Tactical Fighter Squadron at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam, he flew over 300 combat missions in the F‑4. He earned his Purple Heart after being shot down by anti‑aircraft fire while supporting a Special Forces camp under siege. He ejected at low altitude and high speed, sustaining multiple injuries before being rescued.
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Palmieri entered the Marine Corps on January 7, 1966, and served with the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, known as “The Walking Dead,” in Vietnam, including during Operation Buffalo.
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Ramirez entered the Army on October 20, 1967, and served with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, A-4/12, during the 1968 Tet Offensive in Vietnam. In February 1969, with just ten days remaining in his year-long tour, his unit came under heavy enemy attack while he was guarding ammunition beneath a bridge.
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Galant entered the Army on April 1, 1969, serving with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam
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Knott enlisted in the Army in November 1996 and served for the next eighteen years. As a member of the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, Knott served two tours in Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In March 2009, during a routine night patrol in Baqubah, Iraq, an insurgent threw a grenade that detonated between SFC Knott and his vehicle Commander.
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