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JIMMY DALE HUDSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 24, 1944 – November 23, 1966
Service recordJimmy Dale Hudson, of Tallassee, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 23, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 112
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- May 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Tallassee, Alabama (Elmore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 112
- GEORGE BENJAMIN BELLPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- ALTON ONEIL FLAGGStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1966
- JOHNNY MICHAEL HAIRSTONPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- JEAN BAPTISTE INCASHOLAPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
From Tallassee
- CALVIN A MCGINTY JRSergeant · August 1, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM DAVISFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1967
- DALE KEITH WILSONStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1968
- RICHARD CLARKPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- JOSEPH WALLACE JOHNSONSergeant · April 6, 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.