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BERNARD HODGES
Captain · U.S. Army
December 10, 1945 – December 6, 1970
Service recordBernard Hodges, of Parkton, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Parkton, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 110
- ALVIN LEE EVANOFFSpecialist Four · December 6, 1970
- WALTER VERNON MARCUMStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1970
- ROBERT JOHANN SEUFERTStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1970
- ROY EDWARD SHAW JRCaptain · December 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL HADWIN ALSEVERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 109
- WALTER VERNON MARCUMStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 110
From Parkton
- THOMAS MILLSAP IIISpecialist Four · April 22, 1970
- JOSEPH EARL JACKSONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1970
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.