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DAVID DEWAYNE OVERSTREET
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 7, 1946 – March 23, 1969
Service recordDavid Dewayne Overstreet, of San Angelo, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 23, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 20
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- October 7, 1946
- Home of record
- San Angelo, Texas (Tom Green County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 20
- GREGORY EUGENE NEWMANSergeant · March 23, 1969
- EDWARD WESLEY PAWLOWSKILieutenant (junior grade) · March 23, 1969
- CARL HARMAN PETERS JRSergeant · March 23, 1969
- LOUIS BERNARD WANER IISpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
From San Angelo
- CHARLES MILTON FITTSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- LEROY BURKS JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- MICHAEL COURTNEY QUINNSeaman · May 24, 1967
- LOUIS FARR JONESColonel · November 29, 1967
- HENRY WILBURN HARTMANSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- ROBERTO PENA RIOSPrivate · March 4, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- HARRIS LESTER COLLINSCorporal · April 26, 1968
- JIMMY RAY WHELESSCorporal · May 9, 1968
- REX WAYNE DOYLESpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
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.