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Personal info

Full name
ODOM, Robert Mccullough
Date of birth
10 November 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Town Creek, Lawrence County, Alabama
Hometown
Colbert County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34393608
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Medical Detachment,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 11

Immediate family

Members
Jerry W. Odom (father)
Hallie C. (Gower) Odom (mother)
Grady G. Odom (brother)
Herbert W. Odom (brother)
Lester R. Odom (brother)
Malcolm H. Odom (brother)
Exie C. Odom (sister)

More information

Pfc Robert M. Odom was a kitchen worker beofre he enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 5 October 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

His brother, Grady G. Odom, is buried at the American War Cemetery of Henri-Chapelle, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - Scrappy, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful American, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Alabama WWII Military Dead and Wounded / Odom Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
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