The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Bennie Jackson Hedgcoth
Rank
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
K CO 5 INF REGT CMBT TEAM
Date of Death
November 28, 1950
Sergeant Hedgcoth was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regimental Combat Team. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy near Nan Myon, North Korea on November 28, 1950. He 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.