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JOHN MICHAEL ODELL
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 31, 1942 – April 30, 1968
Service recordJohn Michael Odell, of Bellingham, Washington, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 20
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- January 31, 1942
- Home of record
- Bellingham, Washington (Whatcom County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 20
- ADAM SERNA NAJARPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE PARRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- JOHN EMIDIO PASQUANTONIOLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- EDWARD LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · April 30, 1968
From Bellingham
- JOHN EVERETT HIGMANPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- ALAN MICHAEL TANGUAYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- JOHN MORTON ROPERMajor · November 29, 1966
- ANTON THOMAS BORNSTEINSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MARK ROSS EVERETTSpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
- DONALD THOMAS STEINBRUNNERMajor · July 20, 1967
- DEWAIN V DUBBPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- RAINER SYLVESTER RAMOSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
- PAUL REX COMBSSpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- ROGER HOWARD SPARKSSergeant · May 3, 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.