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Medal of Honor Recipient

Hugh Purvis

U.S. Marine Corps · Korean Campaign 1871

MOH-RC-002612Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1871

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Medal of Honor

June 11, 1871

Korean Forts, Korea

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Conflict
Korean Campaign 1871
Unit or command
U.S.S. Alaska

The Citation

Sources ↓
On board the U.S.S. Alaska during the attack on and capture of the Korean forts, 11 June 1871. Braving the enemy fire, Purvis was the first to scale the walls of the fort and capture the flag of the Korean forces.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Hugh Purvis — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-31

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002624
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-31
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
169
Accredited to
Pennsylvania
Archive transcription SHA-256
dfd286636ba77d9be04da0c1fd3a2c086cc16e8fdc4eff56606a1bc391d547f7

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

Current reference profile confirms Marine Corps service aboard USS Alaska and the June 11, 1871 Korean Forts action. Recovery provenance: the prior live-verification result is reconstructed because the described P10-C060–P10-C062 restart files were not physically available; the verified P10-C059 authority, retained web-reference metadata, legacy record, and prior session evidence are all preserved.