The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
David Elliot Pursley
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
A BTRY 955 FA BN
Date of Death
July 14, 1953
Corporal Pursley was a member of Battery A, 955th Field Artillery Battalion, U.S. Army. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in Korea on July 14, 1953. He was presumed dead on July 15, 1954. His remains were recovered on December 23, 1993 and identified in 2004. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.