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TEDDY MERLIN HODGES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 19, 1945 – June 6, 1969
Service recordTeddy Merlin Hodges JR, of Malta, Idaho, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 6, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 87
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Malta, Idaho (Cassia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 87
- STEPHEN RUSSELL GROSSPetty Officer Third Class · June 6, 1969
- RALPH HONAKERSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- JOHN DEOGRACIAS INGUILLOStaff Sergeant · June 6, 1969
- TERRY LEE JENKINSSpecialist Four · June 6, 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.