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Personal info

Full name
SPENCER, Odis Odell
Date of birth
4 January 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Alexander County, North Carolina
Hometown
Taylorsville, Alexander County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34863852
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 January 1945
Place of death
Lichtenberg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 24 37

Immediate family

Members
Pinkney E. Spencer (father)
Florence O. G. (Hall) Spencer (mother)
Burley L. Spencer (brother)
Glenn C. Spencer (brother)
Floyd W. Spencer (brother)
Troy C. Spencer (brother)
Harold E. Spencer (brother)
Catherine J. Spencer (sister)
Owen S. Spencer (brother)
Elvie E. Spencer (sister)
Lethia N. Spencer (sister)
Wade P. Spencer (brother)
Ruth C. Spencer (wife)
Dennis O. Spencer (son)

More information

Pfc Odis O. Spencer enlisted in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on 20 May 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / North Carolina Birth Indexes / Johann Frantz Rinck, http://www.45thdivision.org
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