The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Charles Harlan Higdon
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
E CO 8 REGT 1 CAV DIV
Date of Death
November 30, 1950
Private First Class Higdon was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Unsan, North Korea on November 2, 1950 and was killed by a guard on November 30, 1950. His remains were recovered on June 2, 2004 and identified on April 26, 2010. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.