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DANIEL MARTIN ODONNELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 5, 1947 – June 8, 1967
Service recordDaniel Martin Odonnell, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 76
- ROBERT MELVIN NAILCorporal · June 8, 1967
- THOMAS PRETTERSpecialist Four · June 8, 1967
- HOWARD JACOB RICECorporal · June 8, 1967
- WALTER ADOLPH WAGNERLance Corporal · June 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY RICHARD CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 73
- HOWARD JACOB RICECorporal · Panel 21E, Line 76
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.