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JOHN THOMAS ODONNELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 8, 1946 – June 12, 1968
Service recordJohn Thomas Odonnell, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 2
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 2
- KENNETH RAYMOND MENGELPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- LEONARD MARK MILLSLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- JIMMY CHARLES NEWFIELDLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- RALPH HENRY PADILLAPrivate · June 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT WILLIAM SCOTT IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 57W, Line 4
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.