Hodsden, Hailey E

Rank: First Lieutenant

Unit: 4th Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment

Duty station: Vilseck, Germany

MOS: 19A – Armor

Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon

Badges: Air Assault Badge

Deployments: None

Commissioned: United States Military Academy, class of 2021

Commission Source: Academy

Date of birth: 5 July 1999

Hometown: Dripping Springs, Texas

High School: Dripping Springs High School

College: United States Military Academy at West Point

Died: 1 August 2023

Age at death: 24

Cause of death: Semitruck collided with her armored Stryker vehicle on the autobahn.

Location of fatality: near Tirschenreuth, Bavaria, Germany

Place of interment: United States Military Academy

Note: She is survived by numerous siblings serving in the Army: First Lieutenant Luke and Rose Hodsden, Seargent Scott Hodsden, and Cadet Maximilian Hodsden