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ODES WINSTON JEFFERS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 23, 1943 – February 28, 1963
Service recordOdes Winston Jeffers, of Brinkley, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Brinkley, Arkansas (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1963
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1963. In February 1963, 8 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 19
- CRAIG BENTON WOLFORDSergeant First Class · February 14, 1963
- CHARLES WAYMAN MCCARYPrivate · February 24, 1963
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
From Brinkley
- JOHN EARL MYERSSpecialist Four · February 2, 1967
- BENNY BRUCE PARKERLance Corporal · August 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.