Corporal Bradley was a platoon runner for the 1st Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while defending "Outpost Harry" in North Korea on 11 June 1953. He was presumed dead on 12 June 1954. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

Bradley was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman Badge, 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.