Individual Details
Leonard Dwight Purcell
(9 Mar 1922 - 13 Aug 2010)
Inscription:
CPL US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
Name: Leonard D Purcell
Birth Year: 1922
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Missouri
State of Residence: Missouri
County or City: Jasper
Enlistment Date: 20 Sep 1940
Enlistment State: Missouri
Enlistment City: Webb City
Branch: Coast Artillery Corps
Branch Code: Coast Artillery Corps or Army Mine Planter Service
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: One year enlistment
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source:Civil Life
Education: 3 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Actors and actresses
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 70
Weight: 147
Source Information: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
CPL US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
Name: Leonard D Purcell
Birth Year: 1922
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Missouri
State of Residence: Missouri
County or City: Jasper
Enlistment Date: 20 Sep 1940
Enlistment State: Missouri
Enlistment City: Webb City
Branch: Coast Artillery Corps
Branch Code: Coast Artillery Corps or Army Mine Planter Service
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: One year enlistment
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source:Civil Life
Education: 3 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Actors and actresses
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 70
Weight: 147
Source Information: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Events
| Birth | 9 Mar 1922 | Missouri |  | ||
| Birth | 1923 | ||||
| Marriage | 28 Feb 1947 | Joplin, Jasper Co., Missouri - Paula Woodmansee | | ||
| Death | 13 Aug 2010 | Antioch, Contra Costa Co., California | | ||
| Burial | Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, Dixon, Solano Co., California | | |||
| Research Notes |  |
Families
| Spouse | Paula Woodmansee (1927 - ) |
Notes
Research Notes
No obituary found at Antioch Public Library, Antioch, California. Search done March 5, 2015.Obituary not found at genealogybank.com, legacy.com or newspaperarchive.com, August 31, 2017.
Endnotes
4. Ancestry.com, Missouri Marriages 1805-2002.
7. Find A Grave.