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Personal info

Full name
OVERMAN, Harold Edgar
Date of birth
22 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Los Angeles County, California
Hometown
Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39707329
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Rohrwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 4 17

Immediate family

Members
Arthur J. Overman (father)
Alice W. (Shipley) Overman (mother)
Ralph Overman (brother)
Vera M. Overman (sister)

More information

Pvt Harold E. Overman attended high school for four years before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 6 August 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Zimmerman Family Tree, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Coleman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy