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ODELL EASLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 16, 1949 – August 19, 1969
Service recordOdell Easley, of Markham, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 67
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Markham, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 67
- RICHARD ALBERT DORIASpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- ROBERTO CERVANTES DUENASCorporal · August 19, 1969
- JOHN DAVID DUNCANCorporal · August 19, 1969
- JOHN NORLEE FLANIGANCaptain · August 19, 1969
From Markham
- JAMES DOUGLAS CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH VANGORDERSergeant · June 21, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN PAHR JRSergeant · December 19, 1968
- JERRY CHARLES BOCKPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- WYMAN TRUVOY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · April 22, 1970
- NAPOLEON JOHNSONSergeant · July 5, 1971
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.