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ERNEST MAEHUE HODGES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 11, 1947 – June 24, 1968
Service recordErnest Maehue Hodges, of South Ozone Park, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 28
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 11, 1947
- Home of record
- South Ozone Park, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 28
- MARCUS EUGENE CLINEPetty Officer Third Class · June 24, 1968
- KENNETH WALTER HALLLieutenant Colonel · June 24, 1968
- RAYMOND R HITCHCOCK JRSergeant · June 24, 1968
- JERALD LOUIS JONESSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY NOBLE BARTLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 25
- TERRY WALKER CRESSELPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 27
- CARL LEE DOBYPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 27
- JAMES FRANK MEGAPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 29
From South Ozone Park
- RONALD EDWARD STORZLieutenant Colonel · April 28, 1965
- JOHN HENRY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- GARY STEVEN KADETZSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1966
- ARTHUR EDMUND DONOVANCorporal · January 25, 1967
- JONATHAN BLUE JRPrivate · November 26, 1967
- ANTHONY LOUIS CAPOZZIPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MACFARLANEPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- ROBERT THEODORE HAMILTONSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- ALAN HOWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · February 6, 1970
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.