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Herbert L Purvis 1926 - 2007

Herbert L Purvis of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY was born on July 7, 1926, and died at age 81 years old on October 20, 2007. Herbert Purvis was buried at Calverton National Cemetery Section 9 Site 2720 210 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton.
Herbert L Purvis
Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11210
July 7, 1926
October 20, 2007
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  • 07/7
    1926

    Birthday

    July 7, 1926
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    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: S1 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 10/20
    2007

    Death

    October 20, 2007
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    Unknown
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    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Calverton National Cemetery Section 9 Site 2720 210 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton, Ny 11933
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In 1926, in the year that Herbert L Purvis was born, on November 15th, NBC was founded. It was the U.S.'s first major broadcast network. Ownership of the network was split between RCA (a majority partner at 50%), its founding corporate parent General Electric (which owned 30%), and Westinghouse (which owned the remaining 20%).
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In 1943, Herbert was 17 years old when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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