Cpl. Leonard V. Purkapile was a Light Weapons Infantryman with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on November 28, 1950. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His remains were not recovered at the time. Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Cpl. Purkapile were accounted for in 2018. His name is permanently inscribed in the “Courts of the Missing” at the Honolulu Memorial.