Education
University of Virginia. Columbia University; Dartmouth College.
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James Fowler
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Career
That draws tens of thousands of athletes. Colonel Fowler earned one of the Purple Hearts in 1968, while serving as a lieutenant colonel in the United States. Marines as battalion commander of the Third Battalion, Fourth Marines, in action near the Bến Hải River on the border between North and South Vietnam. He died on January 20, 2015 in Alexandria, Virginia, at the age of 84.
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The race was to serve as a United States Marine Corps recruiting tool, raise money for injured Marines, and give Marines a chance to qualify for the Boston Marathon. During his service in the Korean War and Vietnam War, Colonel Fowler was the recipient of two Bronze Stars, a Joint Service Commendation Medal, and two Purple Hearts. This Purple Heart medal served as the model for the United States Postal Service"s Purple Heart stamp, which was issued in 2003.
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January 20, 2015 (aged 85)
Awards
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Boston Marathon; Purple Heart; Joint Service Commendation Medal
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed, while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the United States. military.; award is intended for service in joint military organizations and is senior in precedence to the service-specific Commendation Medals. As such, it is worn above the service Commendation Medals on a military uniform.The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed, while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the United States. military.; award is intended for service in joint military organizations and is senior in precedence to the service-specific Commendation Medals. As such, it is worn above the service Commendation Medals on a military uniform.