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DANNY CHARLES HUDSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 26, 1946 – November 20, 1968
Service recordDanny Charles Hudson, of Chadron, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 18
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Chadron, Nebraska (Dawes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 18
- ARTHUR J HERINGHAUSEN JRSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- JEFFREY LYNN HICKSSergeant · November 20, 1968
- WASHINGTON HUNTERSergeant First Class · November 20, 1968
- JAMES LESTER JONESPrivate · November 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KEVIN GAIL BURKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 14
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CRESCENZCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 16
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.