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Personal info

Full name
ODUM, James W
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
6926091
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Melay and La Mer, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 42 21

Immediate family

Members
James L. Odum (father)
Gladys (Carver) Odum (mother)
Arlie Odum (sister)
Thurston Odum (brother)
Robert Odum (brother)

More information

T/Sgt James W. Odum had a post graduate degree when he joined the Regular Army on 10 July 1939.

In June 1944, in Italy, he was wounded in action by artillery shell fragments in the thorax and neck.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy