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MARK EDWARD HODEL
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
January 10, 1948 – March 31, 1968
Service recordMark Edward Hodel, of Lodi, California, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 31, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 22
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. Navy
- Rank
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Builder (BU)
- Born
- January 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Lodi, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1968; 30 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 22
- MICHAEL RODNEY GREENIDGELance Corporal · March 31, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN HOKENSONSpecialist Four · March 31, 1968
- ROBERT KENT HORSPOOLPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- GERALD LYNN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
From Lodi
- JAMES J LABARBERPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- DENNIS CRAIG WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- WAYNE ROBERT BARTHLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- JOEL THOMAS WILLISFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD HEILSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- BRENT JOHN BERTSCHSpecialist Five · May 17, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD NORDELL JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- GARRY LEE KUBLERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- JOHN ELDON LOCKHORST JRCorporal · March 8, 1970
- CURTIS EDWIN STELZERCorporal · June 29, 1970
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.