Marines

CORPORAL
HUGH PURVIS, USMC (DECEASED) 

 

Medal of Honor Citation

Original General Order

Born: 5 March 1846 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Enlisted: 27 October 1869 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Medal of Honor awarded: 8 February 1872

Rank at time of award: Private

Separation from Service: Honorably Discharged 29 March 1879

Date of Death: 12 February 1922

Burial: Saint Anne’s Cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland

Korean Campaign 1871 Medal of Honor

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