The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Charles Melvin Bamford
Rank
Master Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
D BTRY 15 AAA AW BN 7 DIV
Date of Death
July 24, 1951
Master Sergeant Bamford was a member of Battery D, 15th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea on December 2, 1950, marched to An-Dong, North Korea, where he died on July 24, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.