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CARL WILLIAM HUDGINS JR
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
October 18, 1944 – June 8, 1969
Service recordCarl William Hudgins JR, of Belton, Missouri, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 8, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 110
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Photographer's Mate (PH)
- Born
- October 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Belton, Missouri (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 110
- JERRY LYNN ERVINPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- GLENN RAY FLEITMANStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1969
- WILLIAM HERSCHELL GREENLance Corporal · June 8, 1969
- MICHAEL WADE HAGIEPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
From Belton
- DARRELL WAYNE ASPEYCorporal · February 27, 1970
- ROBERT LOUIS FRASCHWarrant Officer 1 · August 21, 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.