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KENNETH ALLEN HODGES
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 31, 1933 – November 14, 1968
Service recordKenneth Allen Hodges, of Olympia, Washington, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 67
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 31, 1933
- Home of record
- Olympia, Washington (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 67
- WAYNE MORRIS HORNEPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- ROBERT TAYLOR JONES JRPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- BRUCE JAMES KENNEDYPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL MORRISWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1968
From Olympia
- DARRELL THOMAS RAYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- WILFRED C JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- KENNETH MILES CROUTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM WELLSWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1967
- EDWARD ORVILLE BILSIEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- ROBERT ERIC LOCHRIDGESergeant · January 30, 1968
- KENNETH R WILLIAMS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- GARY LEIGH MACKSergeant · April 29, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES WHYTESergeant · May 28, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PEARSONCaptain · October 21, 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.