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EDWARD MONROE HUDGENS
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 6, 1931 – March 21, 1970
Service recordEdward Monroe Hudgens, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 21, 1970, in Laos, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- September 6, 1931
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1970
- Age
- 38
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1970. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 30
- JOHN THOMAS GUTEKUNSTSergeant · March 21, 1970
- ROBERT MICHAEL KELLYSergeant · March 21, 1970
- JOHN PERRY MALLOYChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 21, 1970
- THOMAS WAYNE UNDERWOODStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 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.