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Personal info

Full name
OVERBERGER, Richard James
Date of birth
10 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Patton, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Patton, Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13173390
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Lépanges-sur-Vologne, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 33 9

Immediate family

Members
Benedict J. Overberger Sr. (father)
Elizabeth C. (Callahan) Overberger (mother)
Benedict J. Overberger Jr. (brother)
Elizabeth J. Overberger (sister)
Robert E. Overberger (twin brother)
Helen V. Overberger (sister)

More information

Pfc Richard J. Overberger joined the U.S. Army Reserve at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 3 March 1943 and was sent overseas in June 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He is remembered at the Saint Mary’s Cemetery in Patton, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Dilsaver Tree, www.findagrave.com – Coleman / Tricia, www.newspapers.com – Pittsburgh Post Gazette - 3 November 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com - ParonishM