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ODELL ROBINSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 16, 1930 – February 24, 1966
Service recordOdell Robinson, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1930
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 76
- ALBERT RONALD WHITEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JESSE JAMES BOLTONSpecialist Four · February 25, 1966
- FRANKLIN VINCENT BRODNIKSpecialist Four · February 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY E BOANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 70
- JAMES ROBERT BOLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 70
- FELIPE BONILLA-VIERASergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 70
- WILLIE A COOPERSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 71
- JAMES RICHARD FOLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 71
- JIMMIE LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 71
- FLEMMON PAUL FREEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 71
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 72
- THOMAS EDWARD HARTUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 72
- ROBERT KINLOCH LOWESpecialist Five · Panel 5E, Line 73
- GEORGE ALLEN MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 73
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 74
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 74
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 74
- BENNIE LEE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 75
- CECIL Y WAREStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 75
- CHARLES CURTIS WHITFIELDPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 75
- TOMMIE LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 76
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.