Can you apply for a medal for a veteran?

My father had lost his finger while fighting for the US Army in the 1970's. He was deployed for the Munich Olympics in Germany, and during that whole debacle, a grenade went off and that was when we suffered his injury. Since, until recent years that I'm aware of, the US declined ever being involved, he never received a purple heart. Is there a way, or someone to contact, to get any info on having him receive a purple heart. He has certainly earned one but has never received it. I feel it would be one of the best gifts ever to be able to give him one. Anyone have any experience or ideas? Thaks.

Can you apply for a medal for a veteran?
Retroactive presentations





Service members requesting retroactive awards of the Purple Heart must normally apply through the National Personnel Records Center. Following a review of service records, those Army members so qualified are awarded the Purple Heart by the U.S. Army Human Resources Command in Alexandria, Virginia. Air Force veterans are awarded the Purple Heart by the Awards Office of Randolph Air Force Base while the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard presents Purple Hearts to veterans through the Navy Liaison Officer at the National Personnel Records Center.





Simple clerical errors, where a Purple Heart is denoted in military records but was simply omitted from a DD Form 214 (Report of Separation), are corrected on site at the National Personnel Records Center through issuance of a document known as a DD-215.....Last resort requests





Some veterans who have exhausted all available sources, often still feel that they should be awarded a Purple Heart, even if there are no records of the decoration. In such cases, service members may appeal directly to the military service department by way of a Defense Department Form 149, which requests an official change to military records. Usually, if the 149 is denied by the service department, there is nothing more a veteran can do and will not be awarded the Purple Heart. In some cases, however, veterans have been recommended for the Purple Heart, after the fact, by a United States Senator or Congressman. Such cases are treated as brand new award recommendations and the process for presenting the Purple Heart begins again with a review of records and interview of witnesses to the action in which a service member was wounded.
Reply:yes u can.

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