When i read the title i was sure grep was the solution.. when i read all solutions used map i was surprised.

Using grep was trickier than i thought (but is a function i started using recently (2 years or so)) was trickier 'cause of his return value accomplished using $_ = .. 
use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dump;
my $aref =[
   { val => 'action',  acc => 'Accounts',  id => 'None', },
   { name => 'PA1',  id => 'AUTOB' },
   { name => undef,  id => 'AUTOP' },
   { name =>   '0',  id => 'BOP'   },
   { name =>     0,  id => 'DFIRE' },
   { name =>    '',  id => 'HOME'  },
   { name => 'CM7',  id => 'CUMBR' },
   { name => 'BR1',  id => 'PUMBR' },
   { name => 'TY6',  id => 'ECUST' },
];

dd [ grep { exists $_->{name} and $_={'name' => $_->{name}} } @$aref ]
+;

# OUTPUT
[
  { name => "PA1" },
  { name => undef },
  { name => 0 },
  { name => 0 },
  { name => "" },
  { name => "CM7" },
  { name => "BR1" },
  { name => "TY6" },
]

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In reply to Re^2: Extracting elements from array -- grep by Discipulus
in thread Extracting elements from array by Anonymous Monk

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