Resources
View upcoming events
View a listing of our departed Patriots that were members of our chapter.
Links to MOPH related & veteran affairs websites.
Find a service officer in the Tucson area to assist with your VA needs.
View the meeting Agendas and Minutes. Minutes are posted once approved at the next meeting.
Listing of GWOT fallen from Tucson and Southern Arizona.
Links
| National and State MOPH Websites |
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- Military Order of the Purple Heart www.purpleheart.org/ National website for the Military Order of the Purple Heart Posted April 23, 2010 at 11:38 PM
- Department of Arizona MOPH mophaz.org/ The mission of the Military Order of the Purple Heart is to foster an environment of goodwill and camaraderie among Combat Wounded Veterans, promote patriotism, support necessary legislative initiatives, and most importantly, provide service to all Veterans and their families. Posted October 15, 2015 at 1:58 AM
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- National Purple Heart Hall of Heroes www.thepurpleheart.com/ The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor commemorates the extraordinary sacrifices of America’s servicemen and servicewomen who were killed or wounded in combat. The mission of the Hall of Honor is to collect and preserve the stories of Purple Heart recipients from all branches of service and across generations to ensure that all recipients are represented. Posted July 10, 2012 at 11:30 AM
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- Department of Arizona MOPH Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/purpleheartarizona The mission of the Military Order of the Purple Heart is to foster an environment of goodwill and camaraderie among Combat Wounded Veterans, promote patriotism, support necessary legislative initiatives, and most importantly, provide service to all Veterans and their families. Posted October 15, 2015 at 2:01 AM
| Veterans Affairs Links |
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- United States Department of Veteran Affairs www.va.gov/ Portal for the Department of Veteran Affairs. Posted May 2, 2010 at 12:02 PM
- VA Veterans’ Benefits Handbook https://www.va.gov/opa/publications/benefits_book/2020_Federal_Benefits_for_Veterans_Dependents_and_survivors.pdf Veterans of the United States armed forces may be eligible for a broad range of benefts and ser vices provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Afairs ( VA). These benefts ar e codifed in Title 38 of the United States Code. This booklet contains a brief overview of the most commonly sought information concerning Veterans benefts and services. Posted November 8, 2020 at 5:01 PM
- Arizona Department of Veterans Services https://dvs.az.gov/ The Arizona Department of Veteransâ?? Services (ADVS) provides direct services to Veterans through the administration of 19 Veterans Benefits Offices throughout the state – helping Veterans connect with their VA benefits, two skilled-nursing Veterans’ Home facilities in Phoenix and Tucson provide short and long-term care, one Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Sierra Vista, along with Fiduciary to provide conservator and guardian services for incapacitated Veterans. The Arizona Department of Veterans Services Tucson Office has new hours: 8:00AM – 3:30PM Hours: Monday-Friday, 1661 N. Swan Rd. Suite 128, Tucson, AZ 85712 Phone: (520) 207-4960 Posted August 9, 2015 at 6:42 PM
- Southern Arizona VA Health Care System www.tucson.va.gov/ SAVAHCS is a highly complex medical care system that offers an extremely wide variety of health care services to eligible veterans for its services. Posted July 10, 2012 at 11:34 AM
- How to request Veterans’ Medals and Awards www.archives.gov/veterans/replace-medals.html Assistance in requesting awards/medals or obtaining replacement medals. Posted January 28, 2013 at 5:57 PM
Services Officers
Thank you for contacting us. Unfortunately MOPH no longer has a service officer program. The service officer program was terminated due to budget constraints. For our members that need a service officer here are several organizations that we recommend in the Tucson area. You only need to be a veteran and do not need to be a member of their organization.
Disabled American Veterans Chapter 4 Tucson (they have a good reputation, behind the Bisbee Breakfast Club on Ina Rd, just off of I-10)
4145 W. Ina Road
Suite 131
Tucson, Arizona 85741
Mon-Fri: 9 am to 3 pm
davchapter4tucson@hotmail.com
520-791-9067
Vietnam Veterans of America Ch 106 Tucson. Their service officers help all veterans not just those of the Vietnam era.
Dan Ross • 520.730.6069
VVA 106 VSO Hours at the VA Building 13, Room 3
Monday & Tuesday 0800-1400
No Appointment – First Come, First Served
520-792-1450 ext. 6588
Arizona Department of Veterans Affairs has benefits counselors that are there to help Arizona veterans (not sure if this one is current).
SOUTHERN ARIZONA REGION
Cathi Starr, Southern Region Manager (520) 207-4960
Veterans Service Division – Southern Region FAX: (520) 207-4961
1661 N. Swan Road, Suite 128 Toll Free: 1-800-852-8387
Tucson, AZ 85712
Donations
Funds donated to the Military Order of the Purple Heart are used to provide aid and comfort to veterans who are in need of assistance. The Organization also helps the families of veterans if they are in need. Veterans do not need to be members of the Military Order of the Purple Heart or recipients of the Purple Heart to be helped. Chapter 442 is a tax-exempt, non-profit veterans group operating as a 501(C)19 organization. Chapter 442 owns no real estate.
Its officers and members work from their homes and serve without pay or financial incentive. One hundred percent of all contributed money is applied to further the work described above. The chapter does not engage in mass-mailings or phone solicitation, and does not employ professional fund-raisers. Instead, we rely upon the good will of those who know of and support our worthy programs; primarily through “Donations” from among the membership, from outside individuals and from corporate donors. Donations to MOPH Chapter 442 fully qualify as charitable contributions under the federal tax code and IRS rules.
We assist any veteran in need.
Donate Online with PayPal: Donate by PayPal at this link
Note: When making your donation by check, credit card, or PayPal please indicate on the check or in the remarks on the paypal/credit card online form the purpose of the payment such as:
– Donation to the chapter for (Veterans Programs, welfare, Americanism, or in memory of ________ )
Or Mail your donations to the address below: Make checks payable to:
Chapter 442 Military Order of the Purple Heart
PO Box 89066
Tucson, AZ 85752
Thank You!
Join
Veteran Applicant
– DD214 Member-4 or Service-2 with Purple Heart Award AND Honorable or General discharge, OR
– DD215 (if Purple Heart Award, Honorable or General discharge is not on DD214), supported by DD214, OR
– AGO 53-55 or General Orders of the award of he Purple Heart (Certificates showing the award of the Purple Heart Medal are not accepted.)
Active Duty Applicant
Provide PCS Orders and General Orders of the award of he Purple Heart. (Certificates showing the award of the Purple Heart Medal are not accepted.)
* Make sure all documents are COMPLETE and LEGIBLE.
Please note that the MOPH does not have posthumous membership.
Enroll online at the National MOPH website: https://www.purpleheart.org
or
Download the application: Membership Application: turn it in to a chapter officer, or mail it to National at the address on the form.
Become an Associate Member of the MOPH
Are you a lineal relative of a Purple Heart Medal Recipient? If so, you qualify for Associate Membership in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and can work side by side with Purple Heart recipients to continue the legacy of these brave men and women who gave so much to this country. To be eligible for Associate Membership, you must be a spouse, parent, sibling, or lineal descendant of either a living or deceased Purple Heart recipient.
Enroll online at the National MOPH website: https://www.purpleheart.org
or
Download the application: Membership Application: turn it in to a chapter officer, or mail it to National at the address on the form.
Volunteer or Donate
Volunteers are needed to help at VA Hospital in Tucson and at other Veteran’s activities that we support. Use the “Contact” page to contact us if you wish to volunteer. You do not need to be a MOPH member to volunteer to help our veterans.
Donate Online with PayPal: DONATE BY Paypal on our Donations Page.
Donations are needed to help our veterans. Chapter 442 is a tax-exempt, non-profit veterans group operating as a 501(C) organization. Donations to MOPH Chapter 442 fully qualify as charitable contributions under the federal tax code and IRS rules.
Note: When making your donation by check, credit card, or PayPal please indicate on the check or in the remarks on the paypal/credit card online form the purpose of the payment such as:
– Donation to the chapter for (Veterans Programs, welfare, Americanism, or in memory of ________ )
Or Mail your donations to the address below: Make checks payable to:
Chapter 442 Military Order of the Purple Heart
PO Box 89066
Tucson, AZ 85752
Thank You!
About
Although our membership is restricted to Purple Heart recipients, MOPH provides support to all veterans. The membership of the Fort Lowell Chapter 442 of the Military Order of the Purple Heart welcomes all Purple Heart recipient’s from all wars to MOPH Chapter 442. All of our members are combat wounded, except for our Associate members who’ve had a relative wounded in combat. Our membership has service in combat during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Liberation of Kuwait, Iraq, & Afghanistan while serving in the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Navy.
You’ll enjoy your time spent with others who have been where you’ve been and done what you’ve done. As a Purple Heart recipient YOU are welcome here and we all appreciate the sacrifices you (or your relative) has made for our country – thanks for serving your country!
The National MOPH organization for combat-wounded veterans is chartered by the Congress of the United States. Our (local) Fort Lowell Chapter 442 has two hundred thirty members in Southern Arizona but most live in the Tucson area. In furtherance of the objects of the Order, the chapter undertakes educational, fraternal, historical, and patriotic activities in accordance with its Constitution and By-Laws. Among those activities:
– Giving needed hospital and service work through the Veterans Administration at the Tucson Veteran’s Hospital.
– Acting with other organizations having worthy objectives in support of veterans.
– Providing needed assistance, comfort and aid to needy and distressed veterans and their families.
– Preserving and strengthening comradeship and patriotism among the members.
– Promoting Americanism by Influencing and teaching our citizenry, in a loyal appreciation of the heritages of American citizenship.
– Educational Assistance in the form of scholarships to JROTC and ROTC programs at local high schools and colleges.
– Commemorating national patriotic holidays. Two special dates are celebrated each year that are important to this organization. These are Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day. The chapter supports the Purple Heart Park in Tucson.
Chapter 442 is a tax-exempt, non-profit veterans group operating as a 501(C)19 organization. Chapter 442 owns no real estate and its officers and volunteers work from their homes and serve without pay or financial incentive. One hundred percent of all contributed money is applied to further the work described above. The chapter does not engage in mass-mailings or phone solicitation, and does not employ professional fund-raisers. Instead, we rely upon the good will of those who know of and support our worthy programs; primarily through “Donations” from among the membership, from outside individuals and from corporate donors. Donations to MOPH Chapter 442 fully qualify as charitable contributions under the federal tax code and IRS rules.
National Headquarters
The National Headquarters of the Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH) is located in Springfield, Virginia. The Order now includes about 41,000 total members, organized into 6 geographical Regions, 47 State Departments, and 470 Chapters. The Order has a number of national programs which include Americanism, ROTC/JROTC Leadership, Purple Heart Trail, Suicide Awareness, Scholarships, Veterans Advocacy and others.
Memorial Day
Memorial Day
Purple Heart Memorial Day Ceremony
Due to COVID restrictions and the pandemic we have not held this ceremony in several years. If we can obtain the necessary resources and support we may consider holding the Memorial Day Ceremony at Purple Heart Park in future years. The City of Tucson helped produced this video about Memorial Day at Purple Heart Park. Chapter Commander Mike-Rosie Dyer & Patriot Frank Giroux are interviewed for the video.
Our Annual Memorial Day Ceremony at Purple Heart Park is held at 10:00 a.m. at Purple Heart Park on Memorial Day. A special thanks goes to the 162nd Tactical Fighter Wing, the University of Arizona “Pride” Alumni Band, the City of Tucson Department of Parks & Recreation, the local Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts Troops, & the Rita Ranch Neighborhood Association for their support in assisting with the ceremony.
2021 Memorial Day Opening Remarks: Read the Opening Remarks by Patriot Frank Giroux
2021 Memorial Day Address: Read the Memorial Day Address by Patriot Frank Giroux
2017 Chapter 442 Memorial Day Ceremony Photos: View album of our Memorial Day Ceremony at Purple Heart Park. Photos courtesy of Bill Sobek.
Mosaic at Purple Heart Park: Kudos to the students at Rincon Vista Middle School the Vail School District. Carla Dominice-Newton’s art classes made, glazied & fired over 2,000 hearts for this mural as a legacy to veterans. It is installed at Purple Heart Park.
2015 Memorial Day Videos: Click on the links
Reading of the names of the WOT Casualties from Southern Arizona.
Comments by Chapter 442 Chaplain, Mike Dyer.
Keynote address by Americanism Officer, Frank Giroux.
Jan Michalak, SSG Ret, sings the National Anthem
2014 Memorial Day Ceremony Video: View the video. Video courtesy of Bill Sobeck.
2014 Memorial Day Photo Album: View the photo album. Photos by Bill Sobeck.
2013 Memorial Day Video: Tolling the Bell for Southern Arizona’s Fallen Video courtesy of Bill Sobeck.
2013 Memorial Day Video: Posting of the Colors at Purple Heart Park Video courtesy of Bill Sobeck.
Golf Classic
The “Military Order of the Purple Heart” Golf Classic
Due to the pandemic we have not held the Classic since 2020. We may hold it again in the future if we can gather the resources and needed support.
The Empower Coalition has been the title sponsor for several “Purple Heart Golf” Classics. A special thank you to the Empower Coalition.
The “Military Order of the Purple Heart” Golf Classic is a Fund-Raising Golf Event hosted by the Fort Lowell Chapter 442 of the Military Order of the Purple Heart & the Omni Tucson National Golf Course . Proceeds benefit MOPH Chapter 442’s support of veterans in the Tucson & Southern Arizona communities. The 2019 “Military Order of the Purple Heart” Classic raised $80,000.00 of which the chapter has donated the majority of the proceeds to programs that assist with Traumatic Brain Injuries, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, bodily trauma, homeless veterans, and emergency assistance to Veterans and their families. The remaining monies will be used to support veterans and veterans issues throughout the year.
Thank you to Omin Tucson National Resort, our host course & facility for several “Purple Heart Golf” classics: 2727 W Club Dr, Tucson, AZ 85742. Omni Tucson National is one of the best 75 courses in North America.
Goals
Develop an approach to develop new programs to deliver services & assistance to veterans in the Tucson area.
Continue to advance patriotism and Americanism to local schools.
Reach-out to other veterans organizations to broaden the base of support for all veterans organizations.
Proactively pursue the enactment of legislation that assists Purple Heart Veterans with severe disabilities.
Increase communication with the membership.
Increase membership by 5%
Increase funding to support the programs outlined by the Officers of the Order.