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EDWARD L HODGE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1937 – March 7, 1966
Service recordEdward L Hodge, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1937
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 128
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- BARRY ANDRE HANSENPrivate First Class · March 7, 1966
- GORDON LEE PAGEColonel · March 7, 1966
- HAROLD VICTOR SMITHColonel · March 7, 1966
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.