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LEONARD PAUL HUDSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
September 3, 1938 – November 19, 1964
Service recordLeonard Paul Hudson, of Sacramento, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 19, 1964, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- September 3, 1938
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1964
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1964; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1964, 19 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 73
- GEORGE HENRY ALBRECHTCaptain · November 19, 1964
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- RICHARD DON SLACK JRCorporal · November 21, 1964
- GORDON LEE ROBINSONMaster Sergeant · November 24, 1964
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- EDWARD WAYNE BUTLERPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
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.