Purcell, Mack Clinton
Navy Metalsmith 1st class

Mack Clinton Purcell, age 21, from Tattnall County Glennville, Georgia .

Parents: Marshall Monroe Purcell

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, March 1, 1942
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Houston when the ship was attacked traveling from Batavia to Java.

Source: National Arvhies, USSHouston.org, Atlanta Constitution (1942)