He was the recipient of the Purple Heart in his safe deposit box, having served in the Korean War, the Treasurer’s Office said. “These are Iowans that served. They were injured for our country.

DECATUR — For more than 20 years, a Purple Heart award was sitting in a cold, dark vault, unknown to the veteran’s family. The safe deposit box had been abandoned, but the medal was not. Army ...

Tuttle’s daughter Carolyn Peckman has received his lost Purple Heart medal from Illinois State Treasurer’s office during a ceremony at the WWII memorial in Decatur on Oct. 29, 2024.

His family recently learned his Purple Heart medal was in a safe deposit box. His son Jim shared his father's story at this ceremony. He served for the duration of the war in the Pacific Theater.

Moore’s is the 15th Purple Heart recovered and returned through the program. "They [military medals] don't deserve to be sitting in a cold box.

Smith says the Purple Heart was found in a safety deposit box a bank turned over to his office as unclaimed property. “It took a lot of homework, but we finally tracked it down,” Smith said.

The medal was in a forgotten safe deposit box that had been given to the state treasurer's office. In all, 11 Purple Heart medals will be returned to their owners.

It was a Purple Heart, miraculously, not damaged by the shredder. “I knew it belonged to someone who missed it a lot,” said Bloom. The name on the back was Charles J. Hall.

Even of Park Ridge earned a Purple Heart, possibly during the attack on Pearl Harbor while serving in the U.S. Army Air Corp. He was discharged from service as a Master Sergeant on June 13, 1945.

Jacob Sheline is the CSX worker who located the Purple Heart on the train tracks. However, she has permission to honor all of the CSX workers that helped in finding the medal, as well as PFC Lawrence.

Even of Park Ridge earned a Purple Heart, possibly during the attack on Pearl Harbor, while serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was discharged from service as a Master Sergeant on June 13, 1945.