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MICHAEL DAVIS ODONNELL
Major · U.S. Army
August 13, 1945 – March 24, 1970
Service recordMichael Davis Odonnell, of Springfield, Illinois, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 24, 1970, in Cambodia, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Springfield, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 24, 1970
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1970. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 40
- JERRY LYNN POOLCaptain · March 24, 1970
- KENNETH RAYMOND SMITHSergeant · March 24, 1970
- ARCHIE LEON WHALERPrivate · March 24, 1970
- RONALD LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · March 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RUDY MORALES BECERRAStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 37
- BERMAN GANOE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 38
- JOHN CHARLES HOSKENChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 12W, Line 39
From Springfield
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL JOYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM DEAN MARTINLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · September 5, 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.