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JOHN DAVID HODGE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 24, 1949 – February 17, 1971
Service recordJohn David Hodge, of Pasadena, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- April 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Pasadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 113
- MICHAEL PATRICK DAMONCorporal · February 17, 1971
- TIMOTHY VAUGHN HARPERStaff Sergeant · February 17, 1971
- RICHARD ERWIN STUDIERPrivate · February 17, 1971
- HOWARD K WILLHITE JRPrivate First Class · February 17, 1971
From Pasadena
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · February 3, 1966
- VERNON EDWARD BRACKINSLance Corporal · August 29, 1966
- MARK NIGGOL ENARIFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS HARDYLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- DANIEL LYNN KIRSTEINPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS REGINALD RASCHELSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
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.