Richard D. Bartley

Korean War
Service #19868A
RankSecond Lieutenant U.S. Air Force
Date of DeathSeptember 15 1950
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
United Nations Service Medal
Second Lieutenant Bartley was awarded the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal.
Notes
Second Lieutenant Bartley was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 7th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 49th Fighter Bomber Group. On September 16, 1950, while on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashed and burst into flames near Kuji, 35 miles southwest of Taegu, South Korea.