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JOHN CHARLES ODLE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 30, 1950 – February 24, 1969
Service recordJohn Charles Odle, of Litchfield, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 38
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Litchfield, Illinois (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 38
- ANGUS W MCALLISTER JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 24, 1969
- BYRON DEAN MCQUINNCorporal · February 24, 1969
- JIMMY LEE MYERSSergeant First Class · February 24, 1969
- JAMES NICKENSStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1969
From Litchfield
- DONALD FRANK MARITPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- CLIFFORD LEROY ROBINSONSergeant First Class · June 4, 1966
- DANIEL RONEN COXLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- LARRY LEE BATESSergeant · November 24, 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.