Members of Team Seymour honored at Purple Heart Banquet

Retired U.S. Army Col. Walter Marm presents a flower to the parents of a Purple Heart recipient during the Purple Heart Banquet at the Walnut Creek Country Club in Goldsboro, N.C., Aug. 10, 2012. Families of Purple Heart recipients who were killed in action were invited to attend the banquet and recognized in honor of their loved ones. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Aubrey Robinson/Released)

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Members of Team Seymour honored at Purple Heart Banquet

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Benjamin Seekell, 4th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, prepares to walk under an arch of sabers during the Purple Heart Banquet at the Walnut Creek Country Club in Goldsboro, N.C., Aug. 10, 2012. Seekell was one of more than 40 Purple Heart recipients recognized at the dinner hosted by the Goldsboro/Wayne County Purple Heart Foundation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Aubrey Robinson/Released)

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Members of Team Seymour honored at Purple Heart Banquet

Members of the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department Honor Guard post the Colors during the Purple Heart Banquet at the Walnut Creek Country Club in Goldsboro, N.C., Aug. 10, 2012. Several members of Team Seymour were honored during the evening’s ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Aubrey Robinson/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Todd Cole, 4th Operations Group superintendent, speaks to a crowd of more than 300 people during the Purple Heart Banquet at the Walnut Creek Country Club in Goldsboro, N.C., Aug. 10, 2012. Several members of Team Seymour attended the banquet in support of their fellow wingmen who were wounded while serving. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Aubrey Robinson/Released)

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Air Force Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets stand at attention during the Purple Heart Banquet at the Walnut Creek Country Club in Goldsboro, N.C., Aug. 10, 2012. Cadets from various JROTC programs in Wayne County performed numerous ceremonial drill movements throughout the banquet. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Aubrey Robinson/Released)

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Members of Team Seymour honored at Purple Heart Banquet

Published Aug. 20, 2012
By Airman 1st Class Aubrey Robinson
4th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

GOLDSBORO, N.C. -- More than 300 members of Team Seymour and the local community attended the First Annual Purple Heart Banquet hosted by the Goldsboro/Wayne Purple Heart Foundation at the Walnut Creek Country Club, Aug. 10.

More than 40 Purple Heart recipients, including five representing Team Seymour members, and families of recipients killed in action were recognized at the dinner.

The Purple Heart is a military decoration presented in the name of the President to military members wounded or killed while serving. The decoration is the oldest still awarded to military members. There have been approximately 1.7 million Purple Heart recipients, 8,000 of which were service men and women from the conflicts in Iraq.