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Melvin Purvis

Melvin Purvis

Law enforcement officer
Melvin Horace Purvis II was an FBI agent instrumental in capturing bank robbers John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd in 1934. All of this would later overshadow his military career which saw him directly involved with General George Patton, Hermann... Wikipedia
Born: October 24, 1903, Timmonsville, SC
Died: February 29, 1960 (age 56 years), Florence, SC
Children: Alston Purvis
Height: 5′ 4″