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JOHN THOMAS ODOM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 14, 1946 – February 18, 1967
Service recordJohn Thomas Odom, of Alexander City, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 59
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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
- August 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Alexander City, Alabama (Tallapoosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1967; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 59
- STEPHEN ALAN MCCORKLEPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- WILLIAM FREDERICK MCDONALDPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MARK MICHAEL MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- JERRY RAY MILLERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERRY RAY MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 59
From Alexander City
- GORDON HERBERT DUNAWAYLance Corporal · August 12, 1966
- ALBERT FRANKLIN CLEVELANDPrivate · April 17, 1967
- JOSEPH ROBERT MITCHELL JRSecond Lieutenant · April 30, 1967
- MACWAYNE SPEAKSCaptain · March 27, 1968
- HARRY ELLIS HAYESFirst Lieutenant · March 31, 1970
- THOMAS WINFORD JACKSONSenior Master Sergeant · June 22, 1972
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.