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JOSEPH WILLIAM HUDSON
Captain · U.S. Army
July 16, 1938 – March 17, 1969
Service recordJoseph William Hudson, of Louisville, Mississippi, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · 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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Operations Officer (G3, S3) (2163)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1938
- Home of record
- Louisville, Mississippi (Winston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 61
- ROBERT EUGENE GREENPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- LARRY DEE GREENHALGHPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- LYLE CLEVELAND HANSBROUGHSpecialist Four · March 17, 1969
- VERNON DUANE JACOBSPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS MARTIN BECKMANNPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 58
- EARL THOMAS QUILLENPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 62
- DELMER VIRGIL ASHBROOKSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 65
From Louisville
- SAMUEL L HUNTWarrant Officer 1 · October 26, 1967
- LARRY LAMONT CUNNINGHAMStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1968
- HARRY CHARLES GREERCorporal · April 23, 1970
- WILLIE LEE STEELELance Corporal · June 8, 1970
- JERRY DOYLE WALKERSpecialist Five · December 3, 1970
- JOHN HENRY HAREPrivate First Class · November 28, 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.