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Link to his Find A Grave memorial in the Honolulu Memorial

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BRANSFORD, Charles London. 22, Pfc US Air Corps. son of Rev C W and Henrietta J Bransford, Glasgow, R6, killed Nov 11, 1943 in Pacific waters when his ship was blown up while on his way to Australia.

The Glasgow Times - Feb 28, 1946

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Kentucky, U.S., Birth Index, 1911-1999

Name Charles L Bransford

Date of Birth 18 Jun 1921

Birth Place Edmonson, Kentucky, USA

Mother's Name Henrietta Britt

Volume Number 059

Certificate Number 29452

Volume Year 1921

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WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings

Name: Charles L. Bransford

State Registered: Hawaii

Death Date: 11 Nov 1943

Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial

Cemetery Burial Plot: Missing in Action or Buried at Sea

Cemetery City: Honolulu

Cemetery Country: Hawaii

War: World War II

Awards: Purple Heart

Title: Private First Class

Rank: Private First Class

Service: U.S. Army Air Forces

Service ID: 35499291

Division: 855th Engineer Battalion, Aviation

Data Source: World War II Honor Roll

World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas

Name: Charles L Bransford

Inducted From: Kentucky

Rank: Private First Class

Combat Organization: 355th Engineers Battalion Aviation

Death Date: 11 Nov 1943

Monument: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Last Known Status: Missing

U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

Name: Charles L Bransford

Birth Year: 1921

Race: Negro, citizen (Black)

Nativity State or Country: Kentucky

State of Residence: Kentucky

County or City: Barren

Enlistment Date: 23 Oct 1942

Enlistment State: Kentucky

Enlistment City: Louisville

Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA

Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA

Grade: Private

Grade Code: Private

Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law

Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)

Source: Civil Life

Education: 2 years of high school

Civil Occupation: Porters, n.e.c.

Marital Status: Single, without dependents

Height: 67

Weight: 135

AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

Charles L. Bransford

Private First Class, U.S. Army Air Forces

Service # 35499291

855th Engineer Battalion, Aviation

Entered the Service from: Kentucky

Died: 11-Nov-43

Missing in Action or Buried at Sea

Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial

Honolulu, Hawaii

Awards: Purple Heart

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Home in 1930: Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky

Charles W Bransford 56

Henrietta Bransford 45

Erestine Bransford 17

Joy Bransford 14

James M Bransford 11

Charles L Bransford 9

Home in 1940: Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky

C W Bransford 66

Henrietta Bransford 55

Charles L Bransford 18

Researched by Laura J. Stewart

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