The Wall › Panel 34E › Tennessee › Harry Gaines Hodges
HARRY GAINES HODGES
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
October 10, 1947 – January 14, 1968
Service recordHarry Gaines Hodges, of Sevierville, Tennessee, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 49
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Equipment Operator (EO)
- Born
- October 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Sevierville, Tennessee (Sevier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 49
- STANLEY HENRY HORNEColonel · August 27, 1967
- FREDRICK H HEMPHILLPrivate First Class · January 14, 1968
- ALFONSO IBANEZSpecialist Four · January 14, 1968
- PATRICK CLINTON MORTUSSergeant · January 14, 1968
From Sevierville
- ALTON LEE HORNBUCKLEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1965
- ESTEL HUSKEYLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- CARROLL DAVID ABBOTTSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- RANDY RALPH COGDILLPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- JERRY MCCARTERPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- DANNIE ARTHUR CARRSpecialist Four · July 3, 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.