Found a purple heart; looking for more information

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My grandfather and grandmother both passed some years ago, and my aunt was going through some of their things and found a purple heart with an oak cluster with some of my grandfather's effect. My grandfather did serve in WWII on a B-24 over Italy; however, not only was he not injured during the war, the name engraved on the medal is not the name of my grandfather. Is there a service records office we can contact to find out more information?

Pictures of the medal are here. The name has been blurred out for privacy.

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