A Mass of Celebration of Life for Lt. Col. Daniel W. Bradford will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Tuesday, September 15, 2020, at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Pineville, with Reverend George Genusso and Reverend Wayne Fletcher officiating. Entombment with full Military Honors provided by Barksdale Air Force Base Honor Guard will follow in Greenwood Memorial Park Mausoleum, Pineville.
A visitation will be observed at Hixson Brothers, Pineville, on Monday, September 14, 2020, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Lt. Colonel Daniel Bradford, USAF, Retired, was born on July 2, 1928, in Monroe, Louisiana. His parents were Lawrence M. Bradford and Mildred V. Bradford. He graduated from Ouachita Parish High School when he was 16 years old and went to Texas A & M in College Station, Texas, where he completed 3 accelerated semesters. About 3 to 4 months before his 18th birthday, he was told he could go to West Point or the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. He chose the Naval Academy and graduated on June 2, 1950. Since there was not an Air Force Academy at the time, 25% of the graduates of West Point and Annapolis were sent to the US Air Force. After graduation he married George Nell Antony of Pineville, with whom he had Mary Catherine Bradford Mule.
He received basic flying training in Texas and was later sent to jet fighter training in Arizona. After graduating he was sent to Korea during the Korean War, but his orders were changed to go to the 41st Fighter Interceptor Squadron north of Tokyo. He flew F-80 and F-86 aircraft making passes over Korea. Upon returning to the US he was assigned to the flight test division at Wright-Patterson AF Base. He flew 30 different aircraft including a Russian aircraft during his flight career.
He returned to Texas A&M, where he received a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering. He spent a year in Viet Nam building Phu Cat Air Base and finished up his career with the Military Assistance Command working with the Thai Government in Bangkok, Thailand.
He was a certified Professional Engineer and a Professional Land Surveyor in both Texas and Louisiana. Following his military career, he worked for the Louisiana Department of Transportation, building roads and bridges He retired as Assistant Construction Engineer for the 8th District in 1984.
Eight years after losing his first wife, he married Barbara A. Boyd, with whom he spend the remainder of his life enjoying traveling with her all over the US plus a trip across Canada.
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A visitation will be observed at Hixson Brothers, Pineville, on Monday, September 14, 2020, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Lt. Colonel Daniel Bradford, USAF, Retired, was born on July 2, 1928, in Monroe, Louisiana. His parents were Lawrence M. Bradford and Mildred V. Bradford. He graduated from Ouachita Parish High School when he was 16 years old and went to Texas A & M in College Station, Texas, where he completed 3 accelerated semesters. About 3 to 4 months before his 18th birthday, he was told he could go to West Point or the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. He chose the Naval Academy and graduated on June 2, 1950. Since there was not an Air Force Academy at the time, 25% of the graduates of West Point and Annapolis were sent to the US Air Force. After graduation he married George Nell Antony of Pineville, with whom he had Mary Catherine Bradford Mule.
He received basic flying training in Texas and was later sent to jet fighter training in Arizona. After graduating he was sent to Korea during the Korean War, but his orders were changed to go to the 41st Fighter Interceptor Squadron north of Tokyo. He flew F-80 and F-86 aircraft making passes over Korea. Upon returning to the US he was assigned to the flight test division at Wright-Patterson AF Base. He flew 30 different aircraft including a Russian aircraft during his flight career.
He returned to Texas A&M, where he received a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering. He spent a year in Viet Nam building Phu Cat Air Base and finished up his career with the Military Assistance Command working with the Thai Government in Bangkok, Thailand.
He was a certified Professional Engineer and a Professional Land Surveyor in both Texas and Louisiana. Following his military career, he worked for the Louisiana Department of Transportation, building roads and bridges He retired as Assistant Construction Engineer for the 8th District in 1984.
Eight years after losing his first wife, he married Barbara A. Boyd, with whom he spend the remainder of his life enjoying traveling with her all over the US plus a trip across Canada.
To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Lt. Col. Daniel W. Bradford, USAF, Ret. please visit our Tribute Store.
A Mass of Celebration of Life for Lt. Col. Daniel W. Bradford will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Tuesday, September 15, 2020, at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Pineville, with Reverend George Genusso and Reverend Wayne Fletcher officiating. Entombment with full Military Honors provided by Barksdale Air Force Base Honor Guard will follow in Greenwood Memorial Park Mausoleum, Pineville.
A visitation will be observed at Hixson Brothers, Pineville, on Monday, September 14, 2020, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Lt. Colonel Daniel Bradford, USAF, Retired, was born on July 2, 1928, in Monroe, Louisiana. His parents were Lawrence M. Bradford and Mildred V. Bradford. He graduated from Ouachita Parish High School when he was 16 years old and went to Texas A & M in College Station, Texas, where he completed 3 accelerated semesters. About 3 to 4 months before his 18th birthday, he was told he could go to West Point or the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. He chose the Naval Academy and graduated on June 2, 1950. Since there was not an Air Force Academy at the time, 25% of the graduates of West Point and Annapolis were sent to the US Air Force. After graduation he married George Nell Antony of Pineville, with whom he had Mary Catherine Bradford Mule.
He received basic flying training in Texas and was later sent to jet fighter training in Arizona. After graduating he was sent to Korea during the Korean War, but his orders were changed to go to the 41st Fighter Interceptor Squadron north of Tokyo. He flew F-80 and F-86 aircraft making passes over Korea. Upon returning to the US he was assigned to the flight test division at Wright-Patterson AF Base. He flew 30 different aircraft including a Russian aircraft during his flight career.
He returned to Texas A&M, where he received a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering. He spent a year in Viet Nam building Phu Cat Air Base and finished up his career with the Military Assistance Command working with the Thai Government in Bangkok, Thailand.
He was a certified Professional Engineer and a Professional Land Surveyor in both Texas and Louisiana. Following his military career, he worked for the Louisiana Department of Transportation, building roads and bridges He retired as Assistant Construction Engineer for the 8th District in 1984.
Eight years after losing his first wife, he married Barbara A. Boyd, with whom he spend the remainder of his life enjoying traveling with her all over the US plus a trip across Canada.
To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Lt. Col. Daniel W. Bradford, USAF, Ret. please visit our Tribute Store.
A visitation will be observed at Hixson Brothers, Pineville, on Monday, September 14, 2020, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Lt. Colonel Daniel Bradford, USAF, Retired, was born on July 2, 1928, in Monroe, Louisiana. His parents were Lawrence M. Bradford and Mildred V. Bradford. He graduated from Ouachita Parish High School when he was 16 years old and went to Texas A & M in College Station, Texas, where he completed 3 accelerated semesters. About 3 to 4 months before his 18th birthday, he was told he could go to West Point or the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. He chose the Naval Academy and graduated on June 2, 1950. Since there was not an Air Force Academy at the time, 25% of the graduates of West Point and Annapolis were sent to the US Air Force. After graduation he married George Nell Antony of Pineville, with whom he had Mary Catherine Bradford Mule.
He received basic flying training in Texas and was later sent to jet fighter training in Arizona. After graduating he was sent to Korea during the Korean War, but his orders were changed to go to the 41st Fighter Interceptor Squadron north of Tokyo. He flew F-80 and F-86 aircraft making passes over Korea. Upon returning to the US he was assigned to the flight test division at Wright-Patterson AF Base. He flew 30 different aircraft including a Russian aircraft during his flight career.
He returned to Texas A&M, where he received a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering. He spent a year in Viet Nam building Phu Cat Air Base and finished up his career with the Military Assistance Command working with the Thai Government in Bangkok, Thailand.
He was a certified Professional Engineer and a Professional Land Surveyor in both Texas and Louisiana. Following his military career, he worked for the Louisiana Department of Transportation, building roads and bridges He retired as Assistant Construction Engineer for the 8th District in 1984.
Eight years after losing his first wife, he married Barbara A. Boyd, with whom he spend the remainder of his life enjoying traveling with her all over the US plus a trip across Canada.
To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Lt. Col. Daniel W. Bradford, USAF, Ret. please visit our Tribute Store.
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