Service Records - Warren Colfax Oden

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Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010

Name: Warren Oden
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 14 Feb 1924
Death Date: 15 Jun 1997
SSN: 305208637
Branch 1: A
Enlistment Date 1: 1 Dec 1942
Release Date 1: 28 Aug 1945

Name: Warren C Oden
Birth Year: 1924
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Indiana
State of Residence: Indiana
County or City: Cass
 
Enlistment Date: 1 Dec 1942
Enlistment State: Indiana
Enlistment City: Fort Benjamin Harrison
Branch: Infantry
Branch Code: Infantry
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life
 
Education: 4 years of high school
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 67
Weight: 151

World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946

Name: Warren C Oden
Residence Place: USA
Report Date: 29 Nov 1944
Latest Report Date: 29 May 1945
Grade: Staff Sergeant
Grade Notes: Major or Asst. superintendent of nurses or Director of nurses or Director of dietitians or Director of physical therapy aides or Staff Sergeant or Technician 3d Grade or Lt. Commander or Petty Officer, 2nd Class
Service Branch: Army
Arm or Service: Infantry
Arm or Service Code: Infantry
Organization Type: Branch Immaterial/Infantry Division Band/Dental Corps/Medical Department
Parent Unit Type: Group/Regiment/Commands/System
Area Served: European Theatre: Germany
Detaining Country: Germany
Camp: Stalag 11B Fallingbostel Prussia (Work Camps) 53-09
Status: Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated
Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.