Edgar Samuel Heffley

Korean War
Service #16281465
UnitI CO 21 INF 24 DIV
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Army
Date of DeathNovember 14 1950
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
6
Army of Occupation Medal
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Presidential Unit Citation (Army)
Prisoner of War Medal
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Combat Infantryman Badge
Private First Class Heffley 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 Presidential Unit Citation, the Army of Occupation (Japan), the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Private First Class Heffley was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Chochiwon, South Korea on July 12, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at Chunggang-jin, North Korea on November 14, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.