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Warren Frederick Purdy

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Warren Frederick Purdy

Birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
18 May 1935 (aged 61)
Burial
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec: 2, Site: 4678
Memorial ID
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: Navy Cross Citation
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Commander Warren F. Purdy, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. WENONAH, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies to European ports through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines during World War I.
: Navy Cross Citation
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Commander Warren F. Purdy, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. WENONAH, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies to European ports through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines during World War I.

Gravesite Details

COMMDR US NAVAL RESERVE FORCE



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