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JERRY DOUGLAS HUDSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 16, 1943 – July 5, 1967
Service recordJerry Douglas Hudson, of Bridgeport, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Bridgeport, Texas (Wise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 12
- JAMES RUSSELL ISBELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- PAUL GORDON KNIGHTONPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- LARRY GEORGE LUDWIGLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- JAMES ERICH MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 10
- PEDRO FERRA-FLORESPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 10
- TIMOTHY JUDD SAUNDERSSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 15
From Bridgeport
- F M EUDALYMaster Sergeant · March 16, 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.