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Medal of Honor Recipient - PURMAN, JAMES J.

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Back to:   Civil War Medal of Honor Index   General Index


    Rank and organization:   Lieutenant, Company A, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry.
    Place and date:   At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863.

    Entered service at:   Greene County, Pa.

    Birth:   ?. Dare of issue: 30 October 1896.

    Citation:   Voluntarily assisted a wounded comrade to a place of apparent safety while the enemy were in close proximity; he received the fire of the enemy and a wound which resulted in the amputation of his left leg.


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