Who, in the United States, is decorated with the "Purple Heart" medal?            
            
            
                                            
                
                
                    injured or killed soldier
                    
                    
                    667
                    
                    
                 
                
                
                    wife or parents of the killed soldier
                    
                                        
                    344
                    
                    
                                             
               
                                                                                   
            The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the president to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest military award still given to U.S. military members – the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion.