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ODIN EDGAR SORENSEN
Chief Warrant Officer 4 · U.S. Air Force
January 2, 1916 – December 8, 1965
Service recordOdin Edgar Sorensen, of San Francisco, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 4 in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 8, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 49. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 2
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CWO-4)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 2, 1916
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1965
- Age
- 49
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 2
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN RICHTSTEIGMajor · December 8, 1965
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- JAMES RAY BAILEYSpecialist Four · December 9, 1965
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.