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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Harmon Montgomery Purviance

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Boykins, Virginia

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

JOINED THE ARMY JANUARY 5, 1942. FIRST WENT TO CAMP LEE, VIRGINIA FOR BASIC TRAINING; THE BUGLER AT LANGLEY. IN 1943, SERVED WITH COMPANY B, 437TH SIGNAL HEAVY CONSTRUCTION BATTALION ON THE EDGE OF THE SAHARA DESERT IN ALGIERS. SERVED IN OCTOBER 1943 IN NAPLES, ITALY AND IN SEPTEMBER 1945 AT FORT MEADE, MARYLAND.