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MARION DEWAINE OVERBEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 4, 1946 – June 17, 1970
Service recordMarion Dewaine Overbey, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 61
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
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 61
- WAYNE CHARLES MOUSELSpecialist Four · June 17, 1970
- JAMES RICHARD POWELLCorporal · June 17, 1970
- MICHAEL SHELDON SPEARSergeant · June 17, 1970
- JAMES RAY SWANGOCorporal · June 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRED CARL HENRICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 60
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
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.