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CLAUDE ARTHUR HODGE
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
June 13, 1942 – May 17, 1967
Service recordClaude Arthur Hodge, of Auburn, New York, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 17, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 16
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- June 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Auburn, New York (Cayuga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 16
- STEVEN MICHAEL HANIOTESPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- LYNN CAROL HAYESSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- GERALD DON HUFFMANPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
From Auburn
- JOSEPH MICHAEL DONOVANLance Corporal · March 5, 1967
- DONALD JAMES RYANCorporal · October 10, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH RHODESLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS STRYKERSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- FERDINAND W GLESSING JRLance Corporal · January 3, 1968
- THOMAS YORK REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- JOSEPH A PURYEARSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- JOHNSTON DUNLOPStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1968
- FRANK THEODORE NEVIDOMSKYPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- GARY ALAN BARNESSpecialist Four · August 19, 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.