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