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ROBERT BENJAMIN HUDSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 22, 1948 – February 24, 1968
Service recordRobert Benjamin Hudson, of Enid, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Enid, Oklahoma (Garfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi 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 41E, Line 9
- BRUCE JAMES DENTSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- JAMES GORMLEYSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- WALTER HERMAN HUCKSMaster Sergeant · February 24, 1968
- FRANK JESSE WOLFECorporal · February 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY WAYNE SUTTONPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 13
From Enid
- JERRY DEAN TABERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- GERALD RAY BURNSLance Corporal · November 8, 1966
- RODNEY L RIEGERCaptain · February 24, 1967
- TOMMY WAYNE HALEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- HARVEY LEE REMBERTLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- LESTER JAMES VEAZEYPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE SHIELDSLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- BILLY RAY KIELYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- HARLIN PERRY TREENMajor · August 12, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL KUMMELLSergeant · November 7, 1968
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.