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ODELL STOKES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 16, 1947 – January 2, 1968
Service recordOdell Stokes JR, of Newton, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 23
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Newton, North Carolina (Catawba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1968; 22 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 33E, Line 23
- FLOYD PETER SKAGGSCorporal · January 2, 1968
- DAVID RONALD SMITHSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD STAINERPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- ALTON LAMOTTE WATKINS JRCorporal · January 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE EDSEL BALLARDPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 15
- JOHN WESLEY BECKETTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 15
- THOMAS G BERNARDYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 15
- ROBERT EUGENE BOWMANSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 16
- HOUSTON CLIFFORD BOX JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 16
- KENNETH BRAXTON CARPENTERSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 17
- ENNIS EUGENE CROWSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 17
- FRED CLINTON DUBOSE IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 17
- ELDON GARAMILLOSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 18
- JACK WAYNE MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 20
- JAMES WILLIAM MCCAFFREYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 21
- WILLIE PETTY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 21
- SAMUEL RIVERA-FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 22
- RALPH LEE ROTTERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 22
- DAVID RONALD SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 23
- ALTON LAMOTTE WATKINS JRCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 23
- ABLE CROOM STROUD IIICorporal · Panel 33E, Line 24
- VICTOR DAVID TOMCZYKPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 24
- BOBBY JOE WINKLERCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 25
From Newton
- FREDERICK BEARD LINKLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- ROGER DALE ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · November 18, 1969
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.