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THOMAS GORDON HUDSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 13, 1939 – August 5, 1968
Service recordThomas Gordon Hudson, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 13, 1939
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 49W, Line 14
- WILLIAM BERNARD DECKERSpecialist Four · August 5, 1968
- MARK KELLOGG HAGECorporal · August 5, 1968
- DWIGHT SANFORD HOWELLLance Corporal · August 5, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL HYLANDCorporal · August 5, 1968
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.