Each company periodically included a casualty list in its morning reports.  Those lists serve to document men who were wounded and who would probably later appear on general orders awarding them the Purple Heart.

In some cases the general orders were cut by the field hospital and not within the 508th, especially if the wound was severe enough that he man was not returned to duty.  As a consequence, these lists may be the only official notice that we will acquire.

Unfortunately, these lists typically do not indicate the date of the wound but do sometimes show which field hospital the man was evacuated to.

But, while these lists are a good resource, they can only be used as an indicator of probable deservedness and not as an actual award.