By Pedro Luis Camejo

Sgt. Arnold M. Borbon
FEB 14, 1933  ( White Wolf )  DCT 23, 2011

  
Sgt. Harvey E. Parkerson III
May 14,1977  ( Rain Dog )  Aug 18,2004

ONE OF OUR APACHE KNIFE GHOSTDOGS, A MARINE, HAS FALLEN  IN IRAQ Camp Pendleton, California. The I Marine Expeditionary Force announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

                                     

                                                                           

 

      1. PURPLE HEART
        2. COMBAT ACTION ( CURRENT PRIOR USMC USN ONIY )
        3. MARINE CORPS GOOD CONDUCT
        4. NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDAL
        5. ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY
        6. IRAQ CAMPAIGN
        7. HUMANITARIAN SERVICE
        8. KUWAIT LIDERATION OF KUWAIT

 

Sgt. Harvey E. Parkerson III 27, Yuba City, Calif., died Aug. 18 due to enemy action in Al Najaf Province, Iraq.  He was a mortarman assigned to Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. Parkerson joined the Marine Corps Feb. 23, 1999.  His personal awards include the Combat Action Ribbon, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal and Sea Service Deployment Ribbon. This was Parkerson's second deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
 http://www.fallenheroesmemorial.com/oif/profiles/parkersoniiiharveye.html

Grandfather ( Shidaalé )
1908 -1974
in U.S. Army Scouts and 501st Military Police Company
1st Armored Division Bad Kreuznach Germany

   The Purple Heart, American Defense, American Campaign, World War II. Victory

The Purple Heart
Originally established by Commander-in-Chief George Washington on 07 AUG 1782, at Newburgh on the Hudson, New York, as an award for outstanding military merit, or the 'Badge of Merit' The award was in the form of an embroidered, heart-shaped badge of purple cloth and bestowed on only three non-commissioned officers. Though never officially abolished it was not again awarded for almost one hundred and fifty years. Upon its revival in 1932, as the Purple Heart, the new decoration was to be awarded in two categories: "For being wounded in action in any war or campaign under conditions which entitle the wearing of a wound chevron." "For those persons who perform any singularly meritorious act of extraordinary fidelity or essential service." In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an Executive Order which provided that the Purple Heart would be made available to members of all the US Armed Services who were wounded in action. Since then the Purple Heart has become one of the most highly respected decorations of the US Armed Forces. The decoration holds a very unique position in that it can be earned in only one way, by being wounded. An attendant requirement is that the wound must have been received as a direct result of enemy actions. Second and subsequent awards are denoted by bronze Oak Leaf Clusters; a silver Oak Leaf Cluster is worn in lieu of five bronze.
 

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