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PHILIP GENE OVERTURF
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
July 21, 1948 – April 20, 1967
Service recordPhilip Gene Overturf, of West Frankfort, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 20, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 54
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 21, 1948
- Home of record
- West Frankfort, Illinois (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 54
- WILLIAM RAYMOND LUNDBERGSpecialist Four · April 20, 1967
- ERNEST MACK SKINNERSpecialist Five · April 20, 1967
- RODIS JOHN WARRENSergeant First Class · April 20, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE WILKERSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1967
From West Frankfort
- JUNIOR RAY MORGANLance Corporal · January 14, 1967
- RICHARD LEE KINNEYHospitalman · April 30, 1967
- JOHN LARRY LAVISHCaptain · August 1, 1967
- ROGER WAYNE MORGANCorporal · April 30, 1968
- RONALD DEAN ROGERSLance Corporal · August 31, 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.