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RUFUS WELDON HODGES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 17, 1947 – January 17, 1969
Service recordRufus Weldon Hodges, of Midland, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1969, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 24
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Midland, Texas (Midland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 24
- JAMES MILAN GAHAGANSergeant · January 17, 1969
- DONALD ALAN GUERTINSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- LEE RUSSELL HARRISSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- DENNIS WILLIAM HIPPOSergeant · January 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS STEWART ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 19
From Midland
- IRBY DYER IIISergeant · December 2, 1966
- KENDELL DWAYNE CUTBIRTHStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1967
- TRAVIS A SIMMONS JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 16, 1967
- PAULINO GUTIERREZ LOPEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1967
- BRUCE HALLSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- RAYMOND ALVIS NIEDECKENPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBB STALLLance Corporal · January 18, 1968
- GARY EUGENE WATSONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- CECIL CURTIS MCKINNEYSpecialist Five · October 5, 1968
- RAUL LERMA SEGOVIASpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
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.