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GEORGE ALFRED ODIORNE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 26, 1941 – February 25, 1970
Service recordGeorge Alfred Odiorne, of Lynn, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 25, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- January 26, 1941
- Home of record
- Lynn, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 54
- ROBERT BOYD MOSSGROVESpecialist Four · February 25, 1970
- ROBERT LEON PEARSONCorporal · February 25, 1970
- JEFFRY RANDAL RIEKFirst Lieutenant · February 25, 1970
- JOE LEWIS RIVERACorporal · February 25, 1970
From Lynn
- CARLETON WEBSTER UPTONSpecialist Five · March 15, 1964
- FREDERICK GEORGE ATKINSONPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- KENNETH ROBERT CARTERSergeant · July 31, 1966
- IRVIN GEORGE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OBRIENCorporal · March 28, 1967
- KEVIN ARTHUR CAHILLLance Corporal · October 12, 1967
- JOHN DOUGLAS EVANSLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH NELSONLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW CHISHOLMCorporal · March 15, 1968
- EDWARD ANDERSONCorporal · May 14, 1968
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.