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ROBERT JOE OVERMYER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 3, 1946 – July 4, 1967
Service recordRobert Joe Overmyer, of Mattoon, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 6
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Mattoon, Illinois (Coles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “K CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 6
- GEORGE ALEXANDER PACECorporal · July 4, 1967
- ARNOLD RALPH PALMERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- FRANK MARTIN PIETRASLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- WAYLEN LEE POWELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROGER KAY NORTONPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 5
- FRANK MARTIN PIETRASLance Corporal · Panel 23E, Line 6
- STANLEY HOUSTON SULLIVANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 7
From Mattoon
- NELSON EARL VANGUNDYCorporal · June 9, 1965
- PHILIP HENRY RATHEFirst Lieutenant · July 19, 1966
- GARY DON SHIELDSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1967
- DALE EARL SHUMBARGERPrivate · November 6, 1967
- JAMES LARRY PHIPPSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL KEITH FRIESEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- JOSEPH ROBERT CLIN PIERCELance Corporal · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT GENE HOOPCaptain · May 13, 1968
- AUGUST EMIL CZERWONKACaptain · July 13, 1968
- MICHAEL PAUL SIMPSONSergeant · September 20, 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.