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THOMAS FRANCIS ODEA JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
August 3, 1926 – December 25, 1968
Service recordThomas Francis Odea JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on December 25, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 3, 1926
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1968
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 76
- SANDY LEE HOOKERSergeant · December 25, 1968
- CHARLES DOUGLAS KINGChief Master Sergeant · December 25, 1968
- BOBBY SPENCER MALICHISergeant First Class · December 25, 1968
- JIMMIE LEE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · December 25, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.