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    DMVA And PA Treasury Celebrated National Purple Heart Day With Lost Medal Presentation

     PA Treasurer Stacy Garrity celebrated National Purple Heart Day on Aug. 7, 2025, by returning a once lost Purple Heart and other service medals to the family of the late PFC Ray Alvin Morgan, who was wounded while serving in the Vietnam War. Accepting the medal for the family was Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) staffer James Morgan, who works in the Disabled Veterans’ Real Estate Tax Exemption program.

    Morgan was presented with the Purple Heart while a patient at the Valley Forge Army Hospital. After his death, his medals became unclaimed property and were given to the treasury.

    “The Purple Heart is a symbol of honor for those veterans who were wounded in the line of duty,” said Jeff King, director, DMVA Bureau of Veterans Programs. “We appreciate Treasurer Garrity and the Bureau of Unclaimed Property for working to return irreplaceable military decorations like these to the families of those who served our country.”

    Learn more: https://www.abc27.com/video/pennsylvania-treasurer-returns-purple-heart-to-veterans-family/10962434/