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Vernon Eugene “HOT” Adkins
Cenotaph

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Vernon Eugene “HOT” Adkins Veteran

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
3 Dec 1953 (aged 22)
South Korea
Cenotaph
Chapel Hill, Marshall County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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KILLED IN KOREA.Corporal Adkins was a Heavy Weapons Infantryman assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, U.S. Army; Korea. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy along the Kum River in South Korea on 16 July 1950 (the Battle of Taejon). He was presumed dead on 31 December 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial (Find a Grave Memorial 111736565) and the National Korean War Veterans Memorial (Find a Grave Memorial 118700846).
KILLED IN KOREA.Corporal Adkins was a Heavy Weapons Infantryman assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, U.S. Army; Korea. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy along the Kum River in South Korea on 16 July 1950 (the Battle of Taejon). He was presumed dead on 31 December 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial (Find a Grave Memorial 111736565) and the National Korean War Veterans Memorial (Find a Grave Memorial 118700846).


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