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CARL FREDERICK HODGES JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 20, 1948 – July 24, 1968
Service recordCarl Frederick Hodges JR, of Washington, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 1
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Washington, North Carolina (Beaufort County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 50W, Line 1
- MARVIN PETER HUBBARDSpecialist Four · July 24, 1968
- JIMMIE LEE JEFFERSONCorporal · July 24, 1968
- HOWARD LEE KLENSKECorporal · July 24, 1968
- CHESTER JOHN MOSHIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1968
From Washington
- JOSEPH HENRY DOWNING JRStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1968
- GARY HOYT LEARYPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- PAUL MARION NANCE JRSergeant · May 1, 1968
- JAMES LEROY BROWNLance Corporal · July 12, 1968
- WARREN LEE BEACHAMCorporal · March 2, 1969
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.