"We lost one of ours... :-("
~Subject line of an email from an MDHS alumna, class of 1989.
Lance Corporal Erick J. Hodges, '2001
November 9, 1983 - November 10, 2004
Erick J. Hodges served his high school community as a member of the JROTC program at MDHS, and after 9/11, he joined the Marines to serve his country. It has been proposed that the JROTC classroom at MDHS be named "Hodges Hall."
On a second tour of duty in Iraq, Hodges gave his life on Tuesday as he fought to rid the city of Fallujah of insurgents.
Candlelight Vigil
Todos Santos Park, Concord
Saturday, November 13 at 6pm