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PHILIP MOREY OVERBECK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1947 – June 10, 1970
Service recordPhilip Morey Overbeck, of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 40
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin (Door County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 40
- DONALD P MARKLAND IIISergeant · June 10, 1970
- JOHN ROBERT MUNGERSergeant · June 10, 1970
- WALTER MELVIN PIERCEPrivate First Class · June 10, 1970
- RONALD WAYNE RASHSpecialist Five · June 10, 1970
From Sturgeon Bay
- DAN LEON PFISTERSergeant First Class · June 18, 1968
- DAVID ROY SCHAEFERSergeant · May 1, 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.