World War II Honoree

Samuel Leroy Odom

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Nashville, Tennessee

Honored By

Jack Tarkington

Relationship

Friend

SERVED FROM JULY 1941 THROUGH DECEMBER 1945 IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER IN SCOTLAND, ENGLAND, FRANCE, BELGIUM, AND GERMANY. SERVED IN THE MEDICAL CORPS AND WAS ONE OF THE 39 STAFF ASSIGNED TO THE 18TH HOSPITAL TRAIN. THE TRAIN LOST TWO CARS DUE TO ATTACK AT RHEIMS, FRANCE. ALSO SERVED AS THE MESS SERGEANT AND SUPPLY SERGEANT.