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JOE DAVID HUDSON
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
April 19, 1940 – April 7, 1972
Service recordJoe David Hudson, of Moultrie, Georgia, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1972, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 131
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
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 19, 1940
- Home of record
- Moultrie, Georgia (Colquitt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1972
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1972; two of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Giang Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 131
- THOMAS EARL DUNLOPCommander · April 6, 1972
- ROY DEWITT PRATERTechnical Sergeant · April 6, 1972
- ROBERT LOUIS HORSTChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 7, 1972
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALAN STERNWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 132
From Moultrie
- ROY LYNWOOD MURPHYLance Corporal · May 29, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS ELRODPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1966
- MAX EUGENE SLOANLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- CLEMMIE JAMES TOMLINSONMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1967
- BRUCE CROCKLIN ALFREDPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- JOHN ARTHUR WILCOX JRSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- BILLY HUGH HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JOHNNY DALE CASEYSpecialist Four · June 21, 1968
- ALLEN VERONE JACKSONCorporal · November 22, 1968
- WILLIAM EDGAR MCGUIREStaff Sergeant · December 28, 1968
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.