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ODIS THOMPSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 7, 1942 – August 22, 1966
Service recordOdis Thompson, of West Plains, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 7, 1942
- Home of record
- West Plains, Missouri (Howell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 27
- NORMAN GERALD JOSE POITRASLance Corporal · August 22, 1966
- JAMES LAWRENCE STONELance Corporal · August 22, 1966
- WALKER NORWOOD WEEKSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- LEROY FRANCIS BARNESPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD HEATHSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 26
From West Plains
- JAMES LARRY LAWRENCECorporal · October 7, 1967
- JAMES DONAHUE FERGUSONSergeant · May 5, 1968
- DONALD CLIFTON COLLINSSpecialist Four · August 13, 1970
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.