Staff Sergeant Charles Hudson was born 6 January 1919 at Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky. He enlisted at Somerset on 24 September 1935 with Company B, 149th Infantry, Kentucky National Guard, and was inducted into federal service on 17 January 1941. Hudson was killed in action on Luzon, Philippine Islands, on 22 March 1945. He is buried at Mill Springs National Cemetery in Nancy, Pulaski County.

Killed on Luzon

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Staff Sergeant Charles Hudson, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Hudson of Route 2, a member of Company B, Kentucky National Guard, which left here in January 1941, was killed in action on Luzon on March 22, according to recent information received by his parents. He had been a member of the National Guard for 9½ years, was a 1937 graduate of Somerset High School, and was a farmer before entering service.

Sgt. Hudson was a platoon runner in an infantry company. Last December, somewhere in the Philippines, he distinguished himself by carrying messages on foot from company headquarters to an advanced position for five days and nights, under Japanese fire much of the time. He was decorated for that action and promoted from private to sergeant.