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BENNIE EDWARD HODGES
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1934 – June 27, 1968
Service recordBennie Edward Hodges, of Vernon, Alabama, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 6
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Senior Sergeant (67Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 14, 1934
- Home of record
- Vernon, Alabama (Lamar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 6
- CHARLES A GORDONPrivate First Class · June 27, 1968
- JON WALTER LAYTON IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 27, 1968
- MANUEL TORRES LOPEZSergeant First Class · June 27, 1968
- DAVID WILLIAM ROBERTSONSergeant · June 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELTON STANTON STALLSSpecialist Five · Panel 54W, Line 5
- JAMES HOUSTON ROULETTSpecialist Five · Panel 54W, Line 7
- MELVIN RICHARD WHITEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 54W, Line 7
From Vernon
- MARLIN CURTIS COOKSergeant First Class · January 29, 1966
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.