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WILLIAM JOSEPH ODSTRCIL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 15, 1950 – September 29, 1970
Service recordWilliam Joseph Odstrcil, of Hermleigh, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 100
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Hermleigh, Texas (Scurry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1970. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 100
- JAMES MILTON BENICEKWarrant Officer 1 · September 29, 1970
- EDWARD POLK MCCARTHY IIISpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
- IGNACIO MONTEROPrivate First Class · September 29, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM NELSONSpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD POLK MCCARTHY IIISpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 100
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.