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CHARLES LYNN HODGE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 18, 1948 – March 30, 1969
Service recordCharles Lynn Hodge, of Reno, Nevada, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Reno, Nevada (Washoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 91
- JOHNNY ALLISON GIBSONSpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- WILLIAM ANDREW GOULDPrivate First Class · March 30, 1969
- NELSON LEPORT HORCHEM JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- CLARENCE ALBERT LATIMERSergeant First Class · March 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER L DELLAPINACorporal · Panel 28W, Line 89
- PETER JOHN MCCALLUM JRCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 92
- ROY ARNOLD WOMACKSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 95
From Reno
- JAMES DELMAS MCANDREWSpecialist Five · January 11, 1963
- JOHN RAY RHODEHAMEL IIPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- ARTHUR DAVIES JRMajor · April 27, 1967
- GLEN GEORGE BURTCorporal · May 13, 1967
- MICHAEL DANIEL WESSELCorporal · July 27, 1967
- KERRY EDWARD CLARKPrivate · August 18, 1967
- DONALD R CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD STONE JRSecond Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- MAXIE ROSS RICECorporal · February 1, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS BIDARTSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
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.