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MICHAEL RALPH R ODUM
Captain · U.S. Army
November 18, 1942 – September 11, 1969
Service recordMichael Ralph R Odum, of Tallahassee, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 71
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Tallahassee, Florida (Leon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 71
- MICHAEL THOMAS MCGLONESergeant · September 11, 1969
- ALFREDO PACOLBASergeant First Class · September 11, 1969
- JAMES RALPH POTTERStaff Sergeant · September 11, 1969
- MARION C ROBBPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PHILIP GOGGINSecond Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 68
- PATRICK MICHAEL WARDCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 73
From Tallahassee
- JACK MCBRIDE LISLESergeant First Class · January 1, 1963
- CLAYTON LEON CRUCEPrivate · June 21, 1965
- JOHN RICHARD BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOHNSONCaptain · October 6, 1966
- DOYLE WELLS REEVESLance Corporal · March 11, 1967
- MARVIN ZION BROCK JRCorporal · April 16, 1967
- JERRY GRANT INGRAMPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- ELZIE EUGENE SAMUELSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- OSCAR LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- DANNY WADE ALDAYHospitalman · June 14, 1968
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.