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JOSEPH BRITTON ODUM
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 1, 1927 – August 20, 1967
Service recordJoseph Britton Odum, of Augusta, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1967, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 1, 1927
- Home of record
- Augusta, Georgia (Richmond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1967; two of them were lost in Kien Phong Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 20
- ANTHONY MICHAEL GALENOSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- GEORGE D MOTTESergeant First Class · August 20, 1967
- WAYMON M PARKERCorporal · August 20, 1967
- SIGFREDO PINTO-PINTOSergeant · August 20, 1967
From Augusta
- WILLIAM JEFFERSON LINDSEYPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- TOMMIE GARRETTCorporal · December 18, 1965
- PAUL EUGENE SWIMPlatoon Sergeant · May 8, 1966
- ROGER DORSEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- PHILLIP MALCOLM PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- PHILLIP JACOB MOOGSecond Lieutenant · August 10, 1966
- HOWARD D ULMER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1966
- WILLIAM FORSYTH SPERRYSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- ROBERT RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE INGLETTPrivate First Class · June 4, 1967
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.