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End of Watch: 5/29/1975
Age: 22
Years of Service: 1
Cause of Death: Automobile Accident
National Memorial Panel: 61-E: 12
Trooper Purnell was killed when the vehicle he was driving ran off the road and struck a light pole in a service station on Route 50 near Cambridge, Maryland. He was removed from the vehicle before it burst into flames.
