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WILLIAM DANIEL OVERSTREET
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 9, 1947 – March 19, 1969
Service recordWilliam Daniel Overstreet, of Kountze, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 82
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Kountze, Texas (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 82
- JESUS C OLETA JRSergeant · March 19, 1969
- DONALD LEWIS OLIVEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- DAVID ROBERT RAYPetty Officer Second Class · March 19, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES ROGERSSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BRAD DONALD CHRISSSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 76
- JOHNNIE RAY HANSONCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 78
- GARY LYNN HOSKOPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 79
- JOE STEPHEN HUSTONSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 79
- THOMAS JOSEPH MCMAHONSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 81
- WALTER LEWIS MOSES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 81
- JESUS C OLETA JRSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 82
- JACKIE JOE WEBBCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 85
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.