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ODIS DANIEL ARNOLD
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
September 20, 1915 – June 30, 1961
Service recordOdis Daniel Arnold, of Santa Monica, California, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1961, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 20, 1915
- Home of record
- Santa Monica, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1961
- Age
- 45
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1961; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1961, 1 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 3
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- THEODORE GLEN FELANDSpecialist Four · April 20, 1961
- GERALD MACK BIBERSergeant · April 22, 1961
- JOHN MALCOLM BISCHOFFSergeant First Class · April 22, 1961
From Santa Monica
- MARK RICHARDSON CHASESpecialist Four · March 4, 1965
- DAVID MICHEL HANNPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- REO OWENSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- OSCAR ROLAND CARRIEREPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- BRUCE LEONARD KENNEDYLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- KENNY RYOSUKE SUZUKIPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- ALLAN HARVEY KATZPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- LAWSON DOUGLAS GERARDPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM F WARNERSecond Lieutenant · July 25, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL SECANTIMajor · August 19, 1967
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.