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ROGER WAYNE OVERSTREET
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 3, 1949 – March 27, 1968
Service recordRoger Wayne Overstreet, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 48
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 48
- PAUL JAMES MOODYLance Corporal · March 27, 1968
- CARTER LEE MOORECorporal · March 27, 1968
- BERNIE JACK MOSLEYHospitalman · March 27, 1968
- RICHARD WAYNE ORSUNDSpecialist Four · March 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY GENE ADAIRPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 43
- JOHN HOWARD BARNESSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 44
- WILLIAM EUGENE CARROLLPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 44
- FRANKLIN N GILES JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 46
- JAMES CURTIS HAUGHStaff Sergeant · Panel 46E, Line 46
- CHARLES KENNETH HENSONSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 46
- LAWRENCE RENALDO LOPESPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 47
- CLIFFORD LEROY WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 46E, Line 52
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.