Private First Class Breedlove was a member of the 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on 17 May 1951 and died while a prisoner on 31 December 1951.

Breedlove was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, 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.