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DOUGLAS RALPH HODGSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 18, 1947 – May 6, 1967
Service recordDouglas Ralph Hodgson, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 50
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Petroleum Storage Specialist (56C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 50
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM KEARNEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- LARRY ALBERT LINDELLPetty Officer Third Class · May 6, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE RAINEYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
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.