Melville Eugene Reffner

Korean War
Service #AO-1308543
Unit728 BOMB SQ 452 BOMB WING
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Air Force
Date of DeathFebruary 28 1952
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Air Medal
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
First Lieutenant Reffner was awarded the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
First Lieutenant Reffner was the pilot of a B-26B Invader bomber with the 728th Bomber Squadron, 452nd Bomber Wing. On February 28, 1952, while on a night intruder mission, contact was lost with the aircraft. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.