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CHARLES EDWARD HODGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 8, 1942 – March 8, 1968
Service recordCharles Edward Hodge, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 55
- JOHN WESLEY HOGANPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- SAMUEL BERNARD HUDSONPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- CHARLES B JILCOTT JRCaptain · March 8, 1968
- EDUARDO JIMENEZPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE SMOTHERSSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 61
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.