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DOUGLAS WILLIAM ODONNELL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 7, 1940 – October 21, 1966
Service recordDouglas William Odonnell, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 21, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- September 7, 1940
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 95
- DAVID JOHN EARLLLieutenant Colonel · October 21, 1966
- ERNEST PAUL PRYORSergeant · October 21, 1966
- DAVID CLARK RILEYPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JUAN A SANTIAGO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.