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DANNY OVERTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 15, 1947 – July 28, 1968
Service recordDanny Overton JR, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 26
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 26
- CARL ROBERT MILLERLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- ANTHONY CARLOS PINOCorporal · July 28, 1968
- RAPHAEL JOHNNY RENDONLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD RICEPrivate · July 28, 1968
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.