Full Name

Louis Rayfield Purnell Sr.

Date of Birth

April 5, 1920

Place of Birth

Snow Hill, Maryland

Date of Death

August 10, 2001

Place of Death

Washington, D.C.

Education

Lincoln University Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) George Washington University Howard University

Spouses Names

JoAnn Purnell (second wife)

Children Names

Unknown

Parents Names

Unknown

Known Affiliates Names

Tuskegee Airmen

Affiliated Organizations’ Names

United States Army Air Forces, Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, NAACP, 99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, National Museum of Natural History