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RAYMOND HOYT HUDSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 16, 1935 – June 15, 1966
Service recordRaymond Hoyt Hudson, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 49
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Repairer (31E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 16, 1935
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 49
- BILLY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- NATHANIEL HUBBARDCorporal · June 15, 1966
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SHAY JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM SHAYSpecialist Four · June 15, 1966
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.