Rank: Private First Class
Unit: Air Cavalry Troop, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 56C – Petroleum Storage Specialist
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 18-Feb-1947
Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 24-Aug-1966
Start of tour: 27-Jan-1967
Incident date: 4-May-1967
Date of casualty: 6-May-1967
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of illness/injury. Other Accident. Accidental homicide.
Douglas Ralph Hodgson was in unit area when accidentally shot by another individual who was cleaning his weapon on 4 May 1967.
Location of fatality: South Vietnam
Place of interment: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West, Iowa, USA
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