Hedman, Robert S.
Army Private 1st class

Robert S. Hedman from New Hampshire, Rockingham county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Tuesday, November 28, 1950
Death details: By November 24, 1950, the 25th Infantry Division had pushed far into North Korea and was just beginning to experience resistance from Chinese Communist Forces (CCF). Division commanders organized Task Force Dolvin (soon renamed Task Force Wilson) to attack along a road axis in the center of the Division sector and later to establish defensive positions north of the town of Ipsok. During the night of the 26th, the CCF attacked the Task Force and infiltrated its lines at several points, threatening but failing to seize the artillery. The Task Force began its withdrawal south the following day. Corporal Robert Shurben Hedman entered the U.S. Army from New Hampshire and served with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He went missing in action on November 28, during this attack on Task Force Wilson near Ipsok. He was not reported as a prisoner of war, and his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, Corporal Hedman is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defence POW/MIA Accounting Agency