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DENNIS RAY HODGE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 7, 1948 – September 13, 1967
Service recordDennis Ray Hodge, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1967; eight of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 65
- JESSIE CLIFFORD COFIELDCorporal · September 13, 1967
- WILLIAM PATRICK COLLCaptain · September 13, 1967
- GARY FRANCIS FLYNNLance Corporal · September 13, 1967
- BRUCE ALAN KERNPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MACK ARTHUR ALSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 64
- JESSIE CLIFFORD COFIELDCorporal · Panel 26E, Line 65
- KENNETH CARL RAKENTINEPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 66
- MICHAEL DAVID MINERPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 67
- SIDNEY MCARTHUR RASNICKPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 67
- WALTER FREDERICK STEFFENSSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 67
- PAUL ROBERT MACK STRANGECorporal · Panel 26E, Line 68
- KENNETH D WEISMaster Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 68
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.