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FERMAN BOBBY HODGES
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
May 10, 1932 – October 28, 1969
Service recordFerman Bobby Hodges, of Gardendale, Alabama, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 128
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 10, 1932
- Home of record
- Gardendale, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 128
- RALPH SILVIO CINOTTISpecialist Four · October 28, 1969
- PETER GEORGE HEINZMANStaff Sergeant · October 28, 1969
- ANGEL L HERNANDEZ-RIVERASpecialist Four · October 28, 1969
- MARK JACKSONFirst Lieutenant · October 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE HERMAN AYALASpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 125
- CHARLES EVERETT BOXLERPrivate · Panel 17W, Line 126
- TERRENCE CHARLES CONNOLLYCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 126
- BILLY WAYNE DENLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 127
- RALPH SILVIO CINOTTISpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 128
- RALPH DULANE TADEVICWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17W, Line 129
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.