Whitacre, Hugh D.
Army Master sergeant

Hugh D. Whitacre from Maryland, Hartford county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Sunday, November 26, 1950
Death details: On November 25, 1950, Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) attacked en masse all along the U.S. Eighth Army front on both sides of the Ch’ ongch’ on River in northwestern North Korea. The 2nd Infantry Division and supporting units, vastly outnumbered, were forced to conduct fighting withdrawals to the south to prevent Chinese flanking maneuvers. Chinese troops overran some of the artillery and mortar units that were in positions along the River during the beginning of their offensive. Master Sergeant Hugh Douglas Whitacre entered the U.S. Army from Maryland and served with C Company, 2nd Chemical Mortar Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was killed in action by enemy forces on November 26, while 2nd Infantry Division units were defending the Ch’ongch’on River line. His remains were not recovered at the time of his loss and he is still unaccounted for. Today, Master Sergeant Whitacre is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency