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KENNETH RAY HODGE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 24, 1948 – April 1, 1970
Service recordKenneth Ray Hodge, of Johnson City, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Johnson City, Tennessee (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; 27 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 69
- DENNIS VAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
- WILLIAM PETER KASTENDIECKSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- JAY WILLIAM KINGSergeant First Class · April 1, 1970
- MICHAEL RICHARD PATTERSONCorporal · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE FRANCIS PATTERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 72
From Johnson City
- ALVIN KLASON BROYLES JRCaptain · April 28, 1965
- EUGENE DELANO FRANKLINCaptain · June 24, 1965
- DANNY MAX ERWINSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- HAROLD WENDELL WILSONLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- BILLY JOE NAVEMajor · June 27, 1966
- HOMER LEFTERAGE PEASEMajor · November 19, 1966
- GARY ALLEN CURTISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- HARRY RAY STEWARTFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- GORDON ODELL WALSHCaptain · April 16, 1967
- DORSEY BURWIN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 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.