Rank: Sergeant
Unit: A Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Presidential Unit Citation, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 24-Dec-1948
Hometown: Johnson City, Tennessee
Marital status: Married to Linda J. Hodge
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 1-Jul-1968
Start of tour: 26-May-1969
Incident date: 1-Apr-1970
Date of casualty: 1-Apr-1970
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Kenneth Ray Hodge was killed while at an artillery firing position when the area came under attack by a hostile force. / At fire support base (FSB). Engaged hostile force in firefight.
Two Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SGT Kenneth Ray Hodge
CPL John Lee Smith
Location of fatality: Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, XT 037 792
Place of interment: Roselawn Memorial Park, Tennessee, USA
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