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FOREST CLAYTON HODGKIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 12, 1947 – November 15, 1969
Service recordForest Clayton Hodgkin, of Lewiston, Maine, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 80
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Lewiston, Maine (Androscoggin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 80
- JAMES JOHN GUNDERSONSergeant · November 15, 1969
- EVERETT RALPH JORENS JRSergeant · November 15, 1969
- RICHARD THOMAS KASTNERPrivate First Class · November 15, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL ROSASpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LLOYD DUCOMMUNSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 78
- JOHN ROBERT RANKINSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 81
- RICARDO WAYNE REGALADOWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 81
- WALTER DAVID ROMEROFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 82
- ADAM WILSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 82
From Lewiston
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGONAGLESergeant · October 17, 1966
- PAUL ROBERT WESTStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- ROLAND PHILIPPE GUERETTEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- RONALD MEDFORD THOMAS IIPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- LAURIER DON DEROSIERSergeant · December 3, 1967
- NORMAND CAMILLE DESCHAINECorporal · June 7, 1968
- HAROLD GEORGE BRETONPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH MCMAHONSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- RICHARD W ROSSIGNOLPetty Officer Third Class · March 29, 1969
- LEO ROGER ASSELINPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
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.