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PETER EDWARD ODENWELLER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 24, 1940 – June 30, 1966
Service recordPeter Edward Odenweller, of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 24, 1940
- Home of record
- Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 111
- ARNOLDO J CARDENASPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN FERRAROPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JERALD DUANE FRITZPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROY DEE BAILEYSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 110
- DAVID ELROY BAUNSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 110
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 111
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 112
- DONALD RUSSELL LONGSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 112
- CHARLES HOMER MILLSStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 112
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 112
- JOHN D MORGANSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 112
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 113
- RONALD OREN PATTERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 113
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 113
- DANNY LE MOYNE SMITHPrivate · Panel 8E, Line 113
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 114
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 114
- HARRY JAMES YOSTSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 114
From Grosse Pointe Farms
- THOMAS JAMES DIONPrivate First Class · July 26, 1969
- NEIL BURGESS HAYES JRFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1970
- JAMES BRUCE YOUNGAirman First Class · November 29, 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.