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JOSE R OVERMAN-RODRIGUEZ
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 15, 1928 – February 24, 1969
Service recordJose R Overman-Rodriguez, of Santurce, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 39
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 15, 1928
- Home of record
- Santurce, Puerto Rico (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 39
- RICHARD WAYNE FORDSpecialist Five · February 24, 1969
- MARVIN LEROY POSPISILCorporal · February 24, 1969
- WILLIAM EUGENE PRICESergeant · February 24, 1969
- ALAN MICHAEL ROYSTONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
From Santurce
- RAFAEL ACEVEDO-RECHANIMajor · December 3, 1965
- EDUARDO GONZALEZ-DROZSergeant · March 22, 1966
- ALFREDO OSTOLAZO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- VICTOR M TOSADO-HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · August 28, 1966
- ARMANDO RAMOSSergeant First Class · October 4, 1966
- LUIS VIGO-NEGRINStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ANGEL MIGU SOTO-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1967
- NOEL ALEXANDER JOHNSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1967
- ALBERTO CARRASQUILLO-DENTONSpecialist Four · February 8, 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.