The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Homer Clair Hinckley
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army
Unit
HQ CO 9 INF 2 DIV
Date of Death
May 22, 1951
Lieutenant Colonel Hinckley was a member of Headquarters Company, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was seriously Wounded in Action in North Korea on November 26, 1950 and returned to duty two days later. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in North Korea on November 30, 1950 and died while a prisoner on May 22, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.