McDaniel, Charles Hobart
Army Sergeant 1st class

Charles Hobart McDaniel from Indiana, Jennings county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: On September 12, 2018, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Master Sergeant Charles Hobert McDaniel, missing from the Korean War.

Master Sergeant McDaniel, who entered the U.S. Army from Indiana, was a member of the Medical Company, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Battalion. In 1950, his unit was positioned near Unsan, North Korea, when they came under attack from Chinese Communist Forces (CCF). MSG McDaniel was initially reported missing following this action but was never seen alive in enemy hands. On July 27, 2018, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea returned fifty-five boxes reportedly containing the remains of U.S. service members killed during the Korean War. These remains were accessioned into the DPAA laboratory at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and MSG McDaniel was individually identified from among them.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency