(Chicago, IL) — A family is receiving a missing Purple Heart medal for a Pearl Harbor veteran from the Chicago area. Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs returned a medal that belonged to Jerome Even of Park Ridge, who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Even put the medal in a bank safe deposit box before he died in April 2014 at age 92. The contents of the safe deposit box ended up at the State Treasurer’s Office.
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