He was 32 when he is believed to have died during the Battle of Unsan. He reenlisted as the Korean War began to ramp up. He left the Army in 1945 and became a truck driver for the coal mines. He had served in World War II through five campaigns in Europe. He began looking into his father’s records in recent years, but they didn’t reveal a lot.
“Though I wish I had asked more questions about him.”Ĭharles McDaniel ended up following in his dad’s footsteps, becoming a medic and a chaplain in the Army. “I think it was hard on her,” Larry McDaniel said. He chose to be a medic because he wanted to help people in need. He was a great father who often held them when they were babies. Over the decades, the sons gleaned slivers of information about their dad: He was a good man.
