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JAMES G HODGSKIN JR
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
November 27, 1946 – August 18, 1969
Service recordJames G Hodgskin JR, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 61
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 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 61
- GARY WAYNE HARVEYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- GEARLD ALBERT HENRYSpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- EDWIN CLOYD HOCKENBERRYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- JAMES WALTER KIRKSEYSpecialist Five · August 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN DWANE AUTENChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 19W, Line 58
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
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.