Owen Webb Hendricks

Owen was drafted for the Korean war on May 7, 1952 and received his basic training at Fort Ord, California. After his training, he was placed in the 3rd Infantry Division, 15th Infantry Regiment, and left for Korea on April 22.

"During the Korean War, the division was known as the "Fire Brigade" for its rapid response to the crisis. ... 3rd Infantry Division initially arrived in Japan where, as the Far East Command Reserve, it planned post-conflict occupation missions in northern Korea. In Japan their strength was increased by augmentation by South Korean soldiers. The division was assigned to X Corps and landed at Wonsan on the east coast of Korea on 5 November and received the 65th Infantry Regiment as their third maneuver element before moving north to Hungnam and Majon-dong. At Majon-dong they established a defensive position with the 65th Infantry. 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 7th Infantry were on the left flank. The 15th Infantry was between the 7th and 65th Regiments. 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry was set as the nucleus for Task Force Dog which was commanded by Brigadier General Armistead D. Mead, assistant 3rd Division commander and sent north to conduct a relief in place with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment at Chinhung-ni; the south end of the 1st Marine Division and support the withdrawal of 1st Marine Division and Regimental Combat Team 31 from the fighting at the Chosin Reservoir. 3rd Infantry Division's Task Force Dog was the rearguard keeping the pressure off of the Marine column. The division along with the 7th Infantry Division established a collapsing perimeter around the port of Hungnam until the last of X Corps was evacuated. The division was the last unit to leave Hungnam and was shipped to Pusan where it completed unloading on 30 December and moved north to Kyongju and on 31 December it was placed in Eighth Army reserve for reorganization and reequipping following which it was to move into the Pyongtaek-Ansong area. The division was then transferred to the US I Corps."2

"According to the LDS chaplain... Owen W. Hendricks was a member of a 30-man patrol who was assigned to set up an ambush for the enenmy on June 8 of this year. But 1,000 Chinese Reds ambushed the Americans, riddling them mercilessly. Owen was an M-1 rifleman. He was killed instantly.

"He had been in action only three weeks. He had been in the military less than nine months.

Owen Webb Hendricks was killed in action on June 8, 1953. He was buried in the Richmond Cemetery.

1. (Date). Tytle. News Paper Co. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library, Utah Digital Newspapers. Link 

2. Wikipedia contributors, "3rd Infantry Division (United States)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=3rd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)&oldid=1311798810 (accessed October 18, 2025).

3. (July 10, 1953). Her Daddy Died. The Herald Journal. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library, Utah Digital Newspapers. https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=28673502