Date of death:

November 20th, 1943 (Tarawa, Gilbert Islands)

Buried on:

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Nationality:

American (1776 - present, Republic)

His name is engraved on the 'Wall of the Missing' at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Honolulu/Hawaii, United States.

On 14 December 2011, SGT Millard Odom was submitted as a "Most Likely Match" to Tarawa "Unknown X-273" in official Investigative Reports submitted by Chief Rick Stone while he was a member of the Department of Defense. The Chief Rick Stone and Family Charitable Foundation later refined and updated the original investigation and provided a comprehensive report to SGT Odom's family in 2015 noting that SGT Odom was a "Most Likely Match" to only one unknown buried in the Punchbowl. In October 2016, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency finally decided to act on the official recommendations of Chief Stone for disinterment and identification of the Punchbowl Unknowns from Tarawa. SGT Odom's identification as Unknown X-273 was confirmed by the USMC in August 2018.

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• - Hammel, E. & Lane, J.E., Bloody Tarawa – The 2nd Marine Division, November 20-23, 1943, Zenith Press, St. Paul, USA, 2006
  - American Battle Monuments Commission
  - Chief Rick Stone and Family Charitable Foundation

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