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WILLIAM JEFFREY HODGES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 2, 1947 – December 4, 1968
Service recordWilliam Jeffrey Hodges, of Silver Spring, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 39
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Silver Spring, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 39
- JAMES ROBERT GAGESergeant · December 4, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE GLAZEPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- JAMES CHARLES HOLTCorporal · December 4, 1968
- FRANK JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · December 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE BALESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 37
From Silver Spring
- WAYNE THOMAS LUNDELLSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- TERRY WINTERMOYERSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD LOVELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL BOWERSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR STACY JRCaptain · March 21, 1966
- RICHARD CLIFTON SMITHCorporal · April 6, 1966
- RALPH SIMONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOEHMPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT HATCHER SWAINPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM ANTHONY WILKSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1967
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.