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Hospitalman Patrick Lawrence Purdin served in the U.S. Navy. Patrick served in the Vietnam War. Patrick was 21 years old.
How They Died
Manner
Combat Death
Cause
Gunshot wound
Circumstance
Killed in action
Place
Quang Nam
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Service Record
U.S. Navy
HN: Hospitalman
HOSPITAL CORPSMAN
QUANG NAM
1969
Pay grade E03.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
5
For valor
For service and achievement
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Section
46
Grave
981-4
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Patrick Lawrence Purdin
Hospitalman
U.S. Navy
- 1969
1st Battalion 7th Marines
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