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WILLIAM JOHN HODGE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 3, 1947 – February 28, 1970
Service recordWilliam John Hodge, of Lowell, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Lowell, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 68
- JAMES PRICE DEVANEYCorporal · February 28, 1970
- GEORGE AIKMAN FINTERLieutenant Colonel · February 28, 1970
- KENNETH MICHAEL FLASHNERCorporal · February 28, 1970
- ROBERT ELDRIDGE GUTHRIECorporal · February 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WALTER THOMAS SMITHSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 69
- GREGORY SQUARESpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 69
- JACK ALAN VANWIERENSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 69
From Lowell
- DONALD LEONARD ARCANDPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM THOMAS CALLERYPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH CARVILLESpecialist Four · May 1, 1966
- PETER TSIROVASILESPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- RUDOLPH H LEFEBVRE JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- JOSEPH LEO VALLEEPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- PAUL LEO STEWARTStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- PETER NICHOLAS SAMARASMajor · March 19, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS BIGELOWPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
- BRUCE RAYMOND BAXTERMaster Sergeant · November 8, 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.