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Personal info

Full name
ODOM, Grady Goliath
Date of birth
1911
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Alabama
Hometown
Colbert County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
14022369
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
36th Infantry Battalion,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 3 14

Immediate family

Members
Jerry W. Odom (father)
Hallie C. (Gower) Odom (mother)
Herbert W. Odom (brother)
Lester R. Odom (brother)
Robert M. Odom (brother)
Malcolm H. Odom (brother)
Exie C. Odom (sister)
Lela (Sizemore) Odom (wife)

More information

T/5 Grady G. Odom enlisted on 20 September 1940 in Montgomery, Alabama.

His brother, Robert M. Odom, is buried at the American War Cemetery of Lorraine, France.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Dwight Anderson