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WILLIAM HILLIARD OVERTON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 13, 1947 – May 4, 1969
Service recordWilliam Hilliard Overton, of Decatur, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 1
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
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Decatur, Alabama (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 1
- JEFFERY MARK PARENTLance Corporal · May 4, 1969
- NORMAN LEE PLEMMONSSergeant · May 4, 1969
- WILLIAM DANIEL QUINN IIIPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
- ROBERT LEE THOMASSergeant · May 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY ALLEN HEINRICHPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 111
- PEDRO MIGUEL MAESPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 111
- JOSEPH RUBEN KARPYSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 112
- RICHARD DONALD SWEETPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 2
From Decatur
- TOMMY L NICHOLASPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- RONALD DUDLEY RICHCorporal · December 28, 1966
- JOHN EARL MCVAYPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE HOSE JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- BOBBY RAY ALEXANDERCorporal · November 16, 1967
- ARIE TERRYCorporal · April 30, 1968
- CARL EUGENE MORGANPrivate First Class · August 3, 1969
- BILLY WAYNE EARPCorporal · August 10, 1969
- MORGAN WILLIAM WEEDFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1970
- RODGER PINKNEY CROWSpecialist Four · August 30, 1970
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.