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The number of living Purple Heart, Medal of Honor, or POW Medal recipients in Somerset County, Pennsylvania for fiscal year 2017 was 25, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

The Purple Heart is given to U.S. military personnel wounded or killed while serving in the Armed Forces.

The Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for military service, is bestowed on members who distinguish themselves by bravery in combat.

The POW Medal is awarded to those taken prisoner and held captive while involved in action against an enemy of the United States.

County	Purple Heart or Medal of Honor or POW Recipients
Adams	28
Allegheny	240
Armstrong	18
Beaver	29
Bedford	10
Berks	65
Blair	45
Bradford	14
Bucks	117
Butler	50
Cambria	38
Carbon	14
Centre	29
Chester	76
Clearfield	25
Columbia	19
Crawford	20
Cumberland	96
Dauphin	62
Delaware	99
Erie	69
Fayette	36
Franklin	39
Huntingdon	16
Indiana	26
Lackawanna	46
Lancaster	98
Lawrence	32
Lebanon	44
Lehigh	58
Luzerne	79
Lycoming	34
McKean	15
Mercer	29
Mifflin	13
Monroe	44
Montgomery	126
Northampton	65
Northumberland	23
Perry	15
Philadelphia	244
Pike	23
Schuylkill	33
Somerset	25
Tioga	13
Union	10
Venango	16
Washington	42
Wayne	21
Westmoreland	94
Wyoming	10
York	101

*As of fiscal year 2017

**The VA did not include data for counties where the number of living medal recipients was less than 10

Source: US Department of Veterans Affairs