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THOMAS PATRICK ODEA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1946 – May 24, 1969
Service recordThomas Patrick Odea, of Decatur, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 97
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Decatur, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 97
- JOHN NILES MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- GARY ARNOLD NEAVORSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- ROGER LEE OLIVERStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1969
- JOHN HERBERT PLATTPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MILLARD RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 92
From Decatur
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- VIRGIL STANLEY JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- EARL WELDON WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATEPrivate · February 19, 1968
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.