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STEVEN KENT ODIER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 4, 1946 – January 17, 1967
Service recordSteven Kent Odier, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 45
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 45
- FRANK J KREBSPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- ALVA RAY KROGMANFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1967
- ANTHONY PHILIP MAGISTROSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
- JOSEPH RAYE ORTISPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
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.