Cullman County AlArchives Military Records.....Purdy, Bobell 1918
WWI 166th Infantry, Co. K
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Distinguished Service Cross Citation
   Bobell Purdy, private, Company K, 166th Infantry. For extraordinary heroism
in action near Sedan, France, November 7, 1918. He was a member of a patrol sent
out to silence machine-gun nests which were holding up the batallion's advance.
When the officer leading the patrol fell, mortally wounded, he attempted to go
to the officer's assistance, despite heavy fire from machine guns only 100 yards
away, and was himself killed. Emergency address: W. T. Purdy, father, Route No.
1, Hanceville, Ala. Residence at enlistment: Hanceville, Ala.

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CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
AND THE
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
ISSUED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT
Since April 6, 1917
Up to and including
General Orders, No. 126, War Department, November 11, 1919

COMPILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE ARMY
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1920


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