The Wall › Panel 44W › Texas › Homer Lee Hodges JR
HOMER LEE HODGES JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 11, 1945 – September 9, 1968
Service recordHomer Lee Hodges JR, of Mineral Wells, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 10
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Mineral Wells, Texas (Palo Pinto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 10
- MICHAEL SPENCER GODETTEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
- RICHARD PAUL GRAVELINEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
- EDWARD WILLIAM KNAPPERSpecialist Four · September 9, 1968
- DAVID ROSE LILLYPrivate · September 9, 1968
From Mineral Wells
- CURTIS CARL NICKERSONSergeant First Class · March 16, 1966
- CLYDE DAVID WILKINSONCaptain · February 12, 1971
- TONY ANGUIANOSpecialist Four · July 24, 1971
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.