gijoeou812 Posted September 5, 2015 Share #1 Posted September 5, 2015 I was contacted the other day by someone that said he had some military medals that he would like to sale. He said that he had medals from WW2 and the Korean wars. Among the many medals he had I found a named (and numbered) Purple Heart and named Bronze star, and they are both named to "Voyle C. Harris", The gentleman that I got them from said that he did not know him and that the medal was left in a house he owned in Nashville, TN. I have been trying to do some research on "Voyle C. Harris" and I am not having very much luck. I did find two people with this name one was 92 from Paris/Memphis TN. and another 68 from Red Hook/Gallatin NY. I have tried to find him on the Purple Heart website, but I did not have any luck there either. I know that here are several people on the forum that are wonderful at finding people and their military history. If anyone can give me any help with this it would be greatly appreciated. And if this is not the correct place to post this please let me know that also. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gijoeou812 Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share #2 Posted September 5, 2015 More Pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gijoeou812 Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted September 5, 2015 Another Picture of the Bronze Star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbridge Posted September 5, 2015 Share #4 Posted September 5, 2015 Very late issue medals... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wharfmaster Posted September 5, 2015 Share #5 Posted September 5, 2015 See Find A Grave. W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gijoeou812 Posted September 6, 2015 Author Share #6 Posted September 6, 2015 See Find A Grave. W Thank you Wharfmaster, I did go to "Find a Grave" and I did find one of the two Voyle C. Harris there. What I found there was for a gentleman that passed away at the age of 92 and was buried in the New Beaverdam Cemetary near Memphis TN. And he was a PFC in the US Army during WW2, but that is all I can find on him There was one other Voyle C. Harris that passed away at the age of 68 back in 2009 in Gallatin NY, that would put him at the right age for Vietnam but I have no leads regarding if he was in the service or not???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbridge Posted September 6, 2015 Share #7 Posted September 6, 2015 The medals could have been easily awarded in the 1990's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gijoeou812 Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share #8 Posted September 8, 2015 The medals could have been easily awarded in the 1990's. Or they could be as early as Vietnam, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbridge Posted September 8, 2015 Share #9 Posted September 8, 2015 Or they could be as early as Vietnam, right? You usually see that oversize engraving style in the 90' and later...not earlier. ..in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWalsh Posted September 8, 2015 Share #10 Posted September 8, 2015 Or they could be as early as Vietnam, right? I would say as early as Vietnam is pretty doubtful. The engraving then wou,d likely have been smaller, and the medals very likely slot broach too. 90's is right on the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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