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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Andrew Herman Hodge.

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ANDREW HERMAN HODGE

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

January 5, 1943 – November 1, 1966

Service record

Andrew Herman Hodge, of Panama City, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 12E · Line 4

Position of Panel 12E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Food Service Specialist (94B)
Unit (as recorded)
1097 TRANS CO
Born
January 5, 1943
Home of record
Panama City, Florida (Bay County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 1, 1966
Age
23
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

35 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 12E, Line 4

From Panama City

All 18 names from Panama City →

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.