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Updated:
September 1st 2016





United States



Purple Heart (PH) / Recipients B

 



Below you can find the the recipients for the Purple Heart, with names beginning with the letter B. The list is not yet complete. Additions are always welcome. Any addition should be accompanied with sufficient proof.
Purple Heart


Botzis, Archie P. (Service number: 14 074 083)
Savannah-Georgia/United States, February 24th, 1918 -
Cherbourg-Normandy/France, June 12th, 1944) 


June 12th, 1944; Private, Company B, 1st Battalion, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
"For military merit and for wounds received which resulted in his death when he was killed while his Battalion was advancing on Carentan, France. "
Awarded posthumously.




Text: Wilco Vermeer
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