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Personal info

Full name
OVERTON, Roy Arthur
Date of birth
16 December 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Gray, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35281543
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 41 19

Immediate family

Members
Leonard R. Overton (father)
Lillian B. (Coulter) Overton (mother)
Lane C. Overton (brother)
Jean L. Overton (sister)
Florence E. Overton (sister)
John T. Overton (half-brother)
Leonard Overton (half-brother)
William Overton (half-brother)
Harriet M. (Scott) Overton (wife)

More information

Pfc Roy A. Overton attended 4 years of high school and was a former employee of the National Sanitary Company.

Pfc Overton entered in Camp Perry Lacarne, Ohio on 7 January 1942.

Source of information: Jac Engels, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Army Enlistment Records, www.wwiimemorial.com - National Archives, ABMC Cemeteries, www.findagrave.com - CWGC/ABMC, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Family Trees, WWII Draft Card, Florida County Marriage Records

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspaperarchive.com - Salem News, The Tampa Times - 7 April 1945