Rank/Rate: Metalsmith, First Class

Service Number: 295 21 47

Birth Date: October 20, 1910

From: Knoxville, Tennessee

Decorations: Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal

Ship: USS Canopus (AS-9)

Date of Death: January 15, 1943

Location: Osaka Main Camp, Osaka, Japan

Photo courtesy of Allison Hodges Bailey, grandniece.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS Canopus (AS-9)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Canopus (AS-9)

Find a Grave Memorial: Kermit Ward Hodges, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia