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EARL JOHN OVERACKER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 9, 1939 – August 15, 1969
Service recordEarl John Overacker, of Faith, South Dakota, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 46
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 9, 1939
- Home of record
- Faith, South Dakota (Meade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 46
- RAYMOND LIGONSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1969
- RAYMOND GEORGE MASSESpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
- TERRY KEITH MCDONELLCorporal · August 15, 1969
- JOSEPH WILLIAM MITCHELLSpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANK CHARLES ARMIJOPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 43
- CHESTER LEON GOINSPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 44
- RAYMOND LIGONSPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 46
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.