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Personal info

Full name
O'DEA, Clifford J
Date of birth
14 October 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Kings County, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
O1289613
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
Rhine River, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 19 15

Immediate family

Members
John O'Dea (father)
Mary O'Dea (mother)
Raymond O'Dea (brother)
John O'Dea (brother)
Frances O'Dea (sister)

More information

Lt Clifford O'Dea went back the next night to retrieve the bodies of Sgt Ensley and PFC Markwood. O'Dea moved a body and as he was getting it into a boat, the body set off a mine killing O'Dea.

1st Lt Clifford J. O'Dea was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Block EE, Row 11, Grave 273.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census, All American, All the Way - Phil Nordyk, New York, New York Birth Index

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet