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WILLIAM CLINTON ODOM JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 13, 1946 – February 18, 1971
Service recordWilliam Clinton Odom JR, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 18, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 118
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electrical Systems Technician, Transport And Helicopter (6242)
- Born
- December 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1971; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 118
- JOSEPH HENRY MARSHALL IIIFirst Lieutenant · February 18, 1971
- ALLEN KEITH MCELFRESHSergeant · February 18, 1971
- DANIEL OWEN MURPHYPrivate First Class · February 18, 1971
- GREGORY ALEC SLOATSergeant · February 18, 1971
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.