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JOHN MICHAEL ODONNELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 17, 1948 – May 23, 1969
Service recordJohn Michael Odonnell, of Long Island City, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 91
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Long Island City, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 91
- FREDES VINDO MENDEZ-ORTIZPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- PHILIP WILLIAM STROUTSpecialist Four · May 23, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD WORKMANPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- JAMES BOSTON JRPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY ONEAL GRIFFINSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 84
- KENNETH WARREN KRUKEMYERPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 86
- WILLIAM WHITBY OLSENSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 88
- ROBERT PETER SCIBILIASpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 90
- JAMES WALTER SPEERCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 90
- JAMES EDWARD WORKMANPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 91
From Long Island City
- WILLIAM JAMES HENRYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- JOSEPH STEPHEN HENRIQUEZLieutenant Commander · August 10, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH FREDERICKColonel · March 15, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH SUSSMEIERPrivate · July 8, 1967
- WALTER EDMUND GIBLIN JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- JOSEPH HEALYSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- ABRAHAM JACKSONStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES BAUER JRPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE HOLTCorporal · March 21, 1968
- CHARLES E DANIELSPrivate First Class · March 22, 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.