Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home Resident
John O'Dea
Admission Date: August 17, 1904 - age 69
Residence: Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois
Birth: September 29, 1835, Ireland
Service: Civil War, 8th Illinois Infantry, Co. D, Private
Disability: Deafness, chronic bronchitis and chronic gastritis
Pension: $22.00 per month, # 351516
Death: July 2, 1905, in hospital
Family Members: Thomas O'Dea, brother; R. E. O'Dea, son; Fannie Taylor, daughter
Doctor: Dr. D. M. Landon, Surgeon
Occupation: Blacksmith
Notes: John O'Dea won the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallant service at Vicksburg.
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