The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Hilbert W. Hedquist
Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
Date of Death
June 21, 1951
Lieutenant Junior Grade Hedquist was a member of Patrol Squadron 9, assigned to Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington. On June 21, 1951, he was in a PB4Y-2 Privateer patrol bomber on a training mission when the aircraft crashed in Skagit Bay about 50 miles north of Seattle killing him.