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VICTOR M HODSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1942 – April 14, 1969
Service recordVictor M Hodson, of Moses Lake, Washington, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 81
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Moses Lake, Washington (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 81
- DAVID WAYNE HILDRETHSpecialist Four · April 14, 1969
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS HOLMESSpecialist Four · April 14, 1969
- GARY ORLAND JACOBSPrivate First Class · April 14, 1969
- ANDREW EARL JENKINSGunnery Sergeant · April 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL GRANT PORTERSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 83
From Moses Lake
- GERALD WAYNE MCCONNEL JRSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- JASON AIREAL HOLESCorporal · June 6, 1968
- KAZUTO MORIWAKISergeant · November 7, 1968
- STANLEY ALAN CARTERSergeant · April 15, 1969
- ROBERT RICHARD BRADLEYPrivate · April 19, 1969
- DARYL GENE MEIDINGERPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- RICHARD DENNIS ATORMajor · March 5, 1970
- DOUGLAS FRANK STRAITSpecialist Six · October 18, 1970
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.