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LARRY LEON HODGES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 30, 1948 – March 11, 1969
Service recordLarry Leon Hodges, of Spencer, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 9
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 34 ENG BN 159 ENG GRP
- Born
- June 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Spencer, Tennessee (Van Buren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 9
- PAUL ELLIS GARRETTLieutenant Colonel · March 8, 1969
- TERRELL THOMAS HAMSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- STEPHEN HARDERSergeant · March 11, 1969
- LEWIS CRAIG HARRISPetty Officer Third Class · March 11, 1969
- LARRY ANTHONY JACKSONSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
From Spencer
- ARNOLD GLEN OAKESPrivate First Class · January 23, 1969
- THOMAS FRANKLIN ROGERS JRCorporal · November 17, 1969
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.