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Pvt Odell W. Neeley

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Pvt Odell W. Neeley

Birth
Death
19 Aug 1950 (aged 19)
South Korea
Burial
Elgin, Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Found in the book, Olympia Cemetery Book, Including Olympia Families, compiled by Patsy Goff, Betty & Billy Hilliard, a publication of the Olympia Cemetery Association, found in the Richland County Public Library, Walker Local History Room, page 276: Odell W. Neeley (s/o Jesse E. Neeley and Maggie Heath) b. 1 May 1931, d. 19 Aug. 1950, Korea, bu. Highway Ch. Elgin.

Per U.S., Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957, found on Ancestry.com: he died as a result of missile wound received in South Korea. Private E-2, Field Artillery Cannoneer, US Army 2nd Div.

Found in The State 19 October 1950: Word has been received here by Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Nealy, 19, in Korea on October 13. Private Nealy was in Field artillery Battery 37. The young man had been in the army for 22 months. He was sent to Korea on August 4, and was wounded soon thereafter near the Naktong river. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Nealy of Columbia, two sisters, Mrs. Ora Goff of Columbia and Miss Ann Nealy of Columbia, and a brother, Olin Nealy of Columbia.
Found in the book, Olympia Cemetery Book, Including Olympia Families, compiled by Patsy Goff, Betty & Billy Hilliard, a publication of the Olympia Cemetery Association, found in the Richland County Public Library, Walker Local History Room, page 276: Odell W. Neeley (s/o Jesse E. Neeley and Maggie Heath) b. 1 May 1931, d. 19 Aug. 1950, Korea, bu. Highway Ch. Elgin.

Per U.S., Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957, found on Ancestry.com: he died as a result of missile wound received in South Korea. Private E-2, Field Artillery Cannoneer, US Army 2nd Div.

Found in The State 19 October 1950: Word has been received here by Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Nealy, 19, in Korea on October 13. Private Nealy was in Field artillery Battery 37. The young man had been in the army for 22 months. He was sent to Korea on August 4, and was wounded soon thereafter near the Naktong river. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Nealy of Columbia, two sisters, Mrs. Ora Goff of Columbia and Miss Ann Nealy of Columbia, and a brother, Olin Nealy of Columbia.


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  • Created by: rdsxfan
  • Added: Feb 3, 2013
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104578650/odell_w-neeley: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Odell W. Neeley (1 May 1931–19 Aug 1950), Find a Grave Memorial ID 104578650, citing Highway Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery, Elgin, Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by rdsxfan (contributor 47525613).