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MICHAEL CHARLES ODELL
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
October 18, 1947 – June 24, 1967
Service recordMichael Charles Odell, of Golden, Colorado, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 24, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 58
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- October 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Golden, Colorado (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 58
- GERRITH LOWELL KIBBEStaff Sergeant · June 24, 1967
- JEFFREY DURON MCGUIREPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- HAROLD CURTIS NYEPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- THOMAS HERMAN OHNESORGEPetty Officer Third Class · June 24, 1967
From Golden
- MICHAEL WALTER WARRENPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- THOMAS HANSFORD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- RAYMOND VINCENT STOLPASergeant · September 5, 1968
- JERRY LEN PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · November 7, 1968
- RONALD DEAN LAYTONFirst Lieutenant · April 4, 1969
- MICHAEL GREGORY SCHERFSergeant · June 3, 1969
- NORMAN DOUGLAS PEERYCorporal · April 17, 1970
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.