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RUSSELL ADDISON HODGE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 3, 1948 – November 16, 1968
Service recordRussell Addison Hodge, of Crab Orchard, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Crab Orchard, Kentucky (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 73
- JAMES CRAFTSpecialist Four · November 16, 1968
- MANUEL DELUNA JRCorporal · November 16, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE DESCHENESSergeant First Class · November 16, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD HILLIARDMaster Sergeant · November 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GORDON LEE PATTERSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 39W, Line 75
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.