Charles Leroy McBride

Korean War
Service #AO-1850392
Unit6148 TAC CONTROL SQ
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Air Force
Date of DeathMay 27 1952
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Air Medal
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
First Lieutenant McBride was awarded the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, 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.
Notes
First Lieutenant McBride was the pilot of a LT-6G Mosquito control aircraft with the 6148th Tactical Air Control Squadron, 6147 Tactical Air Control Group. On May 27, 1952, while on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed on Hill 1062. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on May 12, 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.