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BERNARD GEORGE PURVIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 29, 1948 – January 27, 1969
Service recordBernard George Purvis, of Norfolk, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 4
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Norfolk, New York (St Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 4
- JEWEL EDWARD MCCLATCHEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- EUCLIDES RIVERASergeant · January 27, 1969
- STEVEN JEROME ROUMPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- DIOSDADO SANTOS-IZAGASSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
From Norfolk
- ROGER HERBERT COYELieutenant Colonel · December 7, 1966
- ROBERT BAILEY MARKUMCorporal · November 17, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.