Bernard Corpuz

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Corporal Bernard P. Corpuz (August 16, 1977 - June 11, 2006) was a US Army intelligence specialist who was killed in action during Operation Enduring Freedom. Corpuz, of Watsonville, California, died in Ghanzi, Afghanistan, from wounds sustained when his convoy came under enemy small arms fire and an improvised explosive device detonated during combat operations. Corpuz was assigned to the 303rd Military Intelligence Battalion, 504th Military Intelligence Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas.

Corpuz graduated from Palma High School in Salinas, California; he also attended Hartnell College before transferring to University of La Verne and graduating in 2000 with a baccalaureate degree in Political Science. He enlisted in the US Army in 2004, and attended the Defense Language Institute at the Presidio of Monterey and studied French.

Corpuz was given the Purple Heart and Bronze Star and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.