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WILLIAM TURNER OVERCASH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 11, 1948 – December 23, 1968
Service recordWilliam Turner Overcash, of Troutman, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 70
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
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Born
- January 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Troutman, North Carolina (Iredell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 36W, Line 70
- DAVID MICHAEL MCCORDPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- RICHARD RAY MEIGGSFirst Lieutenant · December 23, 1968
- DONALD WARREN SENTMANFirst Lieutenant · December 23, 1968
- FRANCIS CRAIG SOLLERSPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
From Troutman
- FRED LEE CLARKEChief Master Sergeant · December 13, 1968
- THURSTON CONRAD HEAGGANSCorporal · November 15, 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.