Crew list of Ships hit by U-boats
Leslie Horace Hodges
Merchant Marine. American
Born | 8 Mar 1902 | Mathews County, VA | |
Died | 13 Jul 1942 | (40) |
Roster information listed for Leslie Horace Hodges
Ship | Type | Rank / role | Attacked on | Boat | |
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Oneida | Steam merchant | Chief Mate | 13 Jul 1942 (+) | U-166 (1) |
Personal information
Son of Jesse Thomas and Martha Henrietta (Hunley) Hodges; husband of Cecile Clyde Dunn, of Norfolk, VA. His brother George Dewey Hodges died 10 days later when Onondaga was also torpedoed and sunk off Cuba.
Sources
- The Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War against Hitler's U-boats by William Geroux