THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETING:   THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS AWARDED THE   PURPLE HEART   ESTABLISHED BY GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON AT NEWBURGH, NEW YORK, AUGUST 7, 1782 TO Sergeant Benjamin A. Drake, U.S. Marine Corps   FOR WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION   In Viet Nam on 3 March 1969 GIVEN UNDER MY HAND IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON THIS     16th     DAY OF     March     1973