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ODDIE C HAILEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 11, 1937 – June 23, 1967
Service recordOddie C Hailey, of Texarkana, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 53
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 11, 1937
- Home of record
- Texarkana, Texas (Bowie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 53
- EDWARD LOUIS CENTENOCorporal · June 23, 1967
- RONALD JAY CRANDALLPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- CURTIS LEE DUCKETTPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- RONALD LLOYD HAMILTONSpecialist Four · June 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY STEPHEN BYFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 52
- EDWIN WOODS MARTIN JRMajor · Panel 22E, Line 55
From Texarkana
- DEANE ALVA POMEROYWarrant Officer 1 · May 30, 1964
- RICHARD EDWARD STEELMajor · November 4, 1965
- RODNEY JOSEPH WILSONSpecialist Five · September 3, 1966
- JAMES EUGENE LAIRDSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1968
- ELMORE ROBERT SIMPSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 28, 1968
- WAYNE LYNN HARLANDSergeant · May 1, 1968
- ISAAC LEE HENDERSONCorporal · July 22, 1968
- HOWARD LEE ELDERSergeant · July 8, 1970
- STEPHEN OWEN MUSSELMANLieutenant · September 10, 1972
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.