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Rufus Weldon Hodges

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Rufus Weldon Hodges

Birth
Menard, Menard County, Texas, USA
Death
17 Jan 1969 (aged 21)
Vietnam
Burial
Midland, Midland County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.0454522, Longitude: -102.0827267
Memorial ID
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father: Rufus Clyde Hodges
mother: Frances Loreta Park

SP4 Hodges was killed in a non-hostile helicopter crash in Phuoc Tuy while serving with the First Aviation Brigade, United States Army, as a helicopter mechanic and door gunner. Recipient of the Air Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal and Vietnam Campaign Medal. Graduate of Robert E Lee High School (1966) in Midland, Texas. His name is located on Panel 34W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Memorial. (information extracted from the Permian Basin Heroes Web Site and the Virtual Wall)
father: Rufus Clyde Hodges
mother: Frances Loreta Park

SP4 Hodges was killed in a non-hostile helicopter crash in Phuoc Tuy while serving with the First Aviation Brigade, United States Army, as a helicopter mechanic and door gunner. Recipient of the Air Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal and Vietnam Campaign Medal. Graduate of Robert E Lee High School (1966) in Midland, Texas. His name is located on Panel 34W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Memorial. (information extracted from the Permian Basin Heroes Web Site and the Virtual Wall)


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