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GEORGE MAURICE ODONNELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 25, 1947 – June 16, 1967
Service recordGeorge Maurice Odonnell, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 114
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 114
- JOHN EARNEST MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- NEIL CHARLES MCENTEELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- DAVID PAUL OPLINGERSergeant · June 16, 1967
- DEAN NELSON RASCHKESergeant · June 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PORFIRIO ELIAS ELIASPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 111
- RANDY MICKEL MINORSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 113
- LAWRENCE HOWARD MITCHELLSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 113
- WILLIS M SULLIVAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 116
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.