The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, CPL Leonard Virgil Purkapile, RA36815346, who died in the service of his country on November 28th, 1950 in North Korea. The cause of death was listed as MIA to Declared Dead. At the time of his death Leonard was 26 years of age. He was from Boscobel, Wisconsin. Leonard's Military Occupation Specialty was 4745-Light Weapons Infantryman.

The decorations earned by CPL Leonard Virgil Purkapile include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Korea Service Medal, and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

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Corporal Purkapile was a member of 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.Corporal Purkapile was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Carried since his death as MIA, his remains were identified in 2018. Funeral and burial occurred on April 26,2018. Buried in the Hillside Cemetery, Lancaster,WI