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GEORGE ALLEN OVERWEG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 14, 1946 – December 4, 1965
Service recordGeorge Allen Overweg, of Zeeland, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 123
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Zeeland, Michigan (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 123
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- LAWRENCE GEORGE BROWNLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- HERMAN ESTRADA-COSTASSpecialist Four · December 4, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 124
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 3E, Line 125
From Zeeland
- ARLYN JAY BLAUWKAMPSpecialist Four · January 12, 1968
- ROGER DALE OVERWEGSergeant · September 19, 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.