The date the President signed it.
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Executive Order 11016
Authorizing award of the Purple Heart
Signed by John Fitzgerald Kennedy on April 25, 1962.
Later amendedThe Federal Register edition of the order.
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Supersedes
EO 10409, November 12, 1952
The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.