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THOMAS HAROLD HUDSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 18, 1949 – January 1, 1971
Service recordThomas Harold Hudson, of St Charles, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 19
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
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 18, 1949
- Home of record
- St Charles, Missouri (St Charles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 19
- FREDERICK R FRACIONECorporal · December 31, 1970
- WENDELL LEVERN WALLACEStaff Sergeant · December 31, 1970
- DENNIS WADE WEBSTERSergeant · December 31, 1970
- JACK EDWARD HYATTPrivate First Class · January 1, 1971
From St Charles
- ROBERT JOHN WILKINSLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- FLOYD WAYNE HARTWICK JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1967
- LEROY ONEALStaff Sergeant · July 31, 1967
- STEVEN JOHN REICHARDTPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- CHARLES FRANKLIN SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · October 26, 1970
- ROBERT JOHN MORRIS JRCaptain · December 26, 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.