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CECIL J HODGSON
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 28, 1937 – January 29, 1966
Service recordCecil J Hodgson, of Greenville, Texas, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 29, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 109
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 28, 1937
- Home of record
- Greenville, Texas (Hunt County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 29, 1966
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1966; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 4E, Line 109
- JESSE LEROY HANCOCKSergeant First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD HARDINCaptain · January 29, 1966
- KENNETH HERSHMANPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANK NEIL BADOLATIStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 105
- EARL FREDERICK BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 106
- MARLIN CURTIS COOKSergeant First Class · Panel 4E, Line 106
- DONALD LUTHER DOTSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 107
- JESSE LEROY HANCOCKSergeant First Class · Panel 4E, Line 109
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 109
- DONALD JAMES JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 110
- ELMER J REIFSCHNEIDER JRSergeant First Class · Panel 4E, Line 114
- RONALD TERRANCE TERRYStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 116
From Greenville
- CHARLES ALVIN CRUMPCorporal · May 26, 1967
- DARREL GENE LEWISSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- JOE MACIASCorporal · January 11, 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.