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Bacqué (pronounced ''BAH KEY'') is one of four sons of Odon L. Bacqué, Sr. (1917-1993), and the former Lydia Aponte (1920-2007), a native of [[Puerto Rico]] who attended college in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania. Bacqué's brothers are Frank R. Bacqué, M.D., William J. Bacqué, and Jean Louis Bacqué (1949-1954). His [[Roman Catholic]] parents married in 1943 and moved to Lafayette, Louisiana,  where he was born the next year. His mother, who held a degree in [[Chemistry]], was a lab instructor from 1965 to 1986 at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Bacque's parents and brother are interred at Lafayette Memorial Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22489186|title=Lydia Aponte Bacqué|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref>  

Bacqué (pronounced ''BAH KEY'') is one of four sons of Odon L. Bacqué, Sr. (1917-1993), and the former Lydia Aponte (1920-2007), a native of [[Puerto Rico]] who attended college in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania. Bacqué's brothers are Frank R. Bacqué, M.D., William J. Bacqué, and Jean Louis Bacqué (1949-1954). His [[Roman Catholic]] parents married in 1943 and moved to Lafayette, Louisiana,  where he was born the next year. His mother, who held a degree in [[Chemistry]], was a lab instructor from 1965 to 1986 at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Bacque's parents and brother are interred at Lafayette Memorial Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22489186|title=Lydia Aponte Bacqué|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref>  

From 1959 to 1961, Bacqué, attended Charlotte Catholic High School in [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]]. He returned to Lafayette for his senior year to Cathedral Carmel High School, from which he graduated in 1962.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classmates.com/people/Odon-Bacque/74344001|title=Odon Bacque (Class of 1962)|publisher=classmates.com|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref> In 1966, he  obtained a bachelor's degree in [[History]] from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] and planned to enter law school but instead faced conscription by the [[United States Army]]. He entered officer candidate school and served in the former [[South Vietnam]] with the 5th Special Forces,colloquially known as the Green Beréts (pronounced BEH RAY). After his two years in the military, Bacqué returned to Lafayette, launched a life [[insurance]] business, was later named to the Million Dollar Round Table, and became involved in civic affairs.<ref name=bacquejr>{{cite web|url=http://www.bolisolutionsgroup.com/Bacque.html|title=Odon L. Bacque, Jr., CLU|publisher=bolisolutionsgroup.com|accessdate=April 21, 2014; material no longer on-line}}</ref>

From 1959 to 1961, Bacqué, attended Charlotte Catholic High School in [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]]. He returned to Lafayette for his senior year to Cathedral Carmel High School, from which he graduated in 1962.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classmates.com/people/Odon-Bacque/74344001|title=Odon Bacque (Class of 1962)|publisher=classmates.com|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref> In 1966, he  obtained a bachelor's degree in [[History]] from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] and planned to enter law school but instead faced conscription by the [[United States Army]]. He entered officer candidate school and served in the former [[South Vietnam]] with the 5th Special Forces,colloquially known as the Green Beréts (pronounced BEH RAY). After his two years in the military, Bacqué returned to Lafayette, launched a life [[insurance]] business, was later named to the Million Dollar Round Table, and became involved in civic affairs.<ref name=bacquejr>{{cite web|url=http://www.bolisolutionsgroup.com/Bacque.html|title=Odon L. Bacqué, Jr., CLU|publisher=bolisolutionsgroup.com|accessdate=April 21, 2014; material no longer on-line}}</ref>

In 1982, as the president (now called chairman) of the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, Bacqué supported the consolidation of the Lafayette city and parish governments.<ref name=acadian/> In 1983, Bacqué received the Distinguished Service Award given annually by the Lafayette Junior Chamber International. He organized a Vietnam Veterans group in Lafayette. He has served as the state co-chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee that built a monument in [[New Orleans]] to honor the 881 veterans from Louisiana who did not return from the war.<ref name=bacquejr/>​

In 1982, as the president (now called chairman) of the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, Bacqué supported the consolidation of the Lafayette city and parish governments.<ref name=acadian/> In 1983, Bacqué received the Distinguished Service Award given annually by the Lafayette Junior Chamber International. He organized a Vietnam Veterans group in Lafayette. He has served as the state co-chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee that built a monument in [[New Orleans]] to honor the 881 veterans from Louisiana who did not return from the war.<ref name=bacquejr/>​