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JEROME OVERTON
Airman · U.S. Air Force
November 30, 1947 – September 26, 1968
Service recordJerome Overton, of New York, New York, served as an Airman in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 26, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · 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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman (AMN)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 30, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 20
- LEE ROY MCELHANEYSpecialist Four · September 26, 1968
- BARRY ALLEN OLSONSergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- RANDALL ALAN OLSONLance Corporal · September 26, 1968
- DOUGLAS ALAN PAIGEFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.