The noted website has a link to a general database of Purple Heart recipients. However it is alphabetically rather than chronologically categorized, one would need to know the name(s) that they are seeking or would need to search the entire database, and it is incomplete. militaryindexes.com (General Databases, Medals and Awards, Purple Heart Database) Postel, John Richard.
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