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DANNY WAYNE OVERTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 10, 1949 – January 4, 1970
Service recordDanny Wayne Overton, of Brooksville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 4, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 125
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- June 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Brooksville, Florida (Hernando County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 125
- JOHNNY LEE HAWKINSPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
- DAVID SAMUEL JONESLance Corporal · January 4, 1970
- REGINALD WALLACE LINDSEYPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
- RICHARD MICHAEL MAHONSpecialist Five · January 4, 1970
From Brooksville
- DENVER DEWEY COLBURN JRCaptain · January 8, 1968
- HERCULES LEE MOORELance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- CHARLES BRIAN KEATHLEYLance Corporal · July 14, 1968
- VIRGIL VERN HAMILTONSergeant · May 30, 1969
- WASHINGTON MORRIS LANGLEYSpecialist Four · October 2, 1969
- DENNIS EDWARD VACENOVSKYFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1970
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.