BRISTOL, R.I. (WPRI) — A 78-year-old West Warwick man finally received his Purple Heart — 55 years after he was wounded in combat.
Vietnam War veteran Joseph Machado was injured during a firefight in Vietnam back in 1971 while serving in the U.S. Army.
Though he was formally awarded a Purple Heart for his service, Sen. Jack Reed said Machado never physically received the medal due to “administrative oversight.”
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“There was confusion in his paperwork,” Reed explained. “When he was discharged, it was not included in his official file that he had been wounded in action.”…