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NORBERT ALVIN OVERKAMP JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 7, 1946 – August 24, 1967
Service recordNorbert Alvin Overkamp JR, of New Florence, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · 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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 7, 1946
- Home of record
- New Florence, Missouri (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1967; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 39
- MICHAEL EDWARD JONESCorporal · August 24, 1967
- JOE LEWIS LEEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
- RENE LEE MALARZPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
- OTHA LEE MONGERLance Corporal · August 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL MICHAEL DALEYSpecialist Six · Panel 25E, Line 37
From New Florence
- KEO JOE KESHNERLance Corporal · June 8, 1969
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.