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ROBERT GENTRY HODGES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1948 – November 25, 1968
Service recordRobert Gentry Hodges, of Jonesboro, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 57
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Jonesboro, Tennessee (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 57
- LAWRENCE ELLSWORTHSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS FITZGIBBONSFirst Lieutenant · November 25, 1968
- SAN DEWAYNE FRANCISCOMajor · November 25, 1968
- LARRY GLEN HETZLERSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD KENNETH CHILTONPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 56
- DONALD GENE LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 58
From Jonesboro
- CHARLES JESSE FORDSergeant · March 10, 1966
- HAROLD GENE AYERSPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- HAROLD B KINGSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- RAY MORGAN KEITH JONESSpecialist Four · November 13, 1967
- JAMES EDGAR BOWMANStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- EDDIE B STORYMajor · October 25, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD HYLMONCorporal · March 8, 1970
- LOUIS ROBERT TAYLORStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1972
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.