# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-r-purnell
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:23:00.666Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-r-purnell"
name: "William R. Purnell"
slug: "william-r-purnell"
description: "Rear Admiral William Reynolds Purnell was an officer in the United States Navy who served in World War I and World War II. A 1908 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, he captained destroyers during World War I. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his role in protecting convoys against German submarines as commander of the USS Lamson."
tagline: "American officer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_R._Purnell.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1886-09-06"
deathDate: "1955-03-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.540893333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_R._Purnell"
    title: "William R. Purnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A2%D8%B1._%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%84"
    title: "ویلیام آر. پورنل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Purnell"
    title: "William Purnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_R._Purnell"
    title: "William R. Purnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_R._Purnell"
    title: "William R. Purnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E6%99%AE%E5%A5%88%E5%B0%94"
    title: "威廉·普奈尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14585304"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump