World War II Honoree

Edwin G. Odau

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Westboro, Wisconsin

Honored By

Georgiana and Kathleen L. Odau

Relationship

Wife and Daughter

SERVED OCTOBER 1943 UNTIL HONORABLY DISCHARGED, MARCH 1946. SERVED IN 32ND DIVISION; BASIC TRAINING AT FORT BLANDING, FLORIDA, RTC-225D, SPECIFICALLY TRAINED IN COMMUNICATIONS. SERVED AS A MAIL CLERK WHILE WAITING FOR ORDERS, THEN TO CALIFORNIA, THE PACIFIC THEATRE AND JAPAN FOR OCCUPATIONAL REHABILITATION. SERVED IN BOTH HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI. RANK T/4, EARNED AMERICAN THEATRE SERVICE MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE SERVICE MEDAL AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. PERFORMED HIS DUTIES WITH HONOR AND PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY.