MIDLAND, Texas- A Purple Heart found in a West Texas dumpster will be returned to survivors of a wounded World War II veteran who once lived in Midland.
Army veteran Gary Kennedy helped track down relatives of the soldier whose name is engraved on the medal-Jim C. Carter.
Phone records helped lead to a nephew who lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Tommy Carter says his uncle was shot in the leg while serving in the infantry. Jim Carter died in 1982 in Midland.
Officials aren't sure who threw out the medal or why.