Purcell, Richard Michael
Army Specialist 4

Richard Michael Purcell, age 22, from Saint Louis, Missouri, Saint Louis county.

Parents: James P. Purcell

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Central High in Saint Louis

Date of death: Sunday, July 4, 1971
Death details: Hostile, died of wounds received in South Vietnam when an enemy rocket exploded nearby.
Cemetery: Jefferson Barracks

Source: National Archives, Saint Louis Post Dispatch (1971)