Douglas O’Dell, the son of an Army officer and a Navy nurse, was commissioned in the Marine Corps through the Platoon Leaders Class upon graduation from Rutgers University in 1968. He retired as a United States Marine Corps Major General.

Douglas O’Dell, the son of an Army officer and a Navy nurse, was commissioned in the Marine Corps through the Platoon Leaders Class upon graduation from Rutgers University in 1968. He retired as a United States Marine Corps Major General.


(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Major General Douglas V. O’Dell, Jr., United States Marine Corps, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States.