Awards: Purple Heart
Clarence Overby Killed in Action on Italian Front:
Clarence H. Overby, 27, one of the first American soldiers to land in the African invasion a year ago, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Overby of Binford has been killed in action on the Italian front, according to a War Department message received by his parents last week. He met death September 24, 1943 while engaged in carrying wounded from the field of battle, being a member of a hospital corps unit. He is the first Griggs man to be killed in land fighting. [Died when jeep he was riding in drove over a Teller mine.]
Overby left from Griggs County to enter the armed forces in September, 1941, and trained at camps at Ford Warren, Wyoming, in Texas and at Ford Ord, California.
Leaving the country in 1942 he sailed as a member of the large convoy then assembling for the African invasion, according to letters received by his parents. When zero hour came for the landing he was among the first American troops to set foot on the African soil, and then he began a year of almost continuous action which was to culminate in his death September 24.
He served with his unit through the African campaign until the Axis forces were driven from the continent, then went with the troops to serve through the Sicilian operation. Following this he was again a member of invasion troops landing in Italy.
It was a few days more than a year ago, incidently, that he landed in Africa, on his 26th birthday.
Overby was born on the home farm in the Binford community November 8, 1916, and up to the time of his induction had spent most of his life in this county. Surviving are his mother and father who visited him at Fort Ord, Calif, a short time before his department from this country; two brothers in the service, Byron who served in the same division and now a member of the Italian invasion forces, and Andrew, serving in Alaska; and Roy at home. Three sisters also survive; Mrs. Leon Willett of Northfield, Minnesota, Mrs. Paul Baker of Edmunds, North Dakota and Mrs. Walter Vigesaa of Sheridan Wyoming.
Source: Sentinel Courier, Cooperstown, N.D. - October 1943
Clarence Overby Killed in Action on Italian Front:
Clarence H. Overby, 27, one of the first American soldiers to land in the African invasion a year ago, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Overby of Binford has been killed in action on the Italian front, according to a War Department message received by his parents last week. He met death September 24, 1943 while engaged in carrying wounded from the field of battle, being a member of a hospital corps unit. He is the first Griggs man to be killed in land fighting. [Died when jeep he was riding in drove over a Teller mine.]
Overby left from Griggs County to enter the armed forces in September, 1941, and trained at camps at Ford Warren, Wyoming, in Texas and at Ford Ord, California.
Leaving the country in 1942 he sailed as a member of the large convoy then assembling for the African invasion, according to letters received by his parents. When zero hour came for the landing he was among the first American troops to set foot on the African soil, and then he began a year of almost continuous action which was to culminate in his death September 24.
He served with his unit through the African campaign until the Axis forces were driven from the continent, then went with the troops to serve through the Sicilian operation. Following this he was again a member of invasion troops landing in Italy.
It was a few days more than a year ago, incidently, that he landed in Africa, on his 26th birthday.
Overby was born on the home farm in the Binford community November 8, 1916, and up to the time of his induction had spent most of his life in this county. Surviving are his mother and father who visited him at Fort Ord, Calif, a short time before his department from this country; two brothers in the service, Byron who served in the same division and now a member of the Italian invasion forces, and Andrew, serving in Alaska; and Roy at home. Three sisters also survive; Mrs. Leon Willett of Northfield, Minnesota, Mrs. Paul Baker of Edmunds, North Dakota and Mrs. Walter Vigesaa of Sheridan Wyoming.
Source: Sentinel Courier, Cooperstown, N.D. - October 1943
Awards: Purple Heart
Clarence Overby Killed in Action on Italian Front:
Clarence H. Overby, 27, one of the first American soldiers to land in the African invasion a year ago, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Overby of Binford has been killed in action on the Italian front, according to a War Department message received by his parents last week. He met death September 24, 1943 while engaged in carrying wounded from the field of battle, being a member of a hospital corps unit. He is the first Griggs man to be killed in land fighting. [Died when jeep he was riding in drove over a Teller mine.]
Overby left from Griggs County to enter the armed forces in September, 1941, and trained at camps at Ford Warren, Wyoming, in Texas and at Ford Ord, California.
Leaving the country in 1942 he sailed as a member of the large convoy then assembling for the African invasion, according to letters received by his parents. When zero hour came for the landing he was among the first American troops to set foot on the African soil, and then he began a year of almost continuous action which was to culminate in his death September 24.
He served with his unit through the African campaign until the Axis forces were driven from the continent, then went with the troops to serve through the Sicilian operation. Following this he was again a member of invasion troops landing in Italy.
It was a few days more than a year ago, incidently, that he landed in Africa, on his 26th birthday.
Overby was born on the home farm in the Binford community November 8, 1916, and up to the time of his induction had spent most of his life in this county. Surviving are his mother and father who visited him at Fort Ord, Calif, a short time before his department from this country; two brothers in the service, Byron who served in the same division and now a member of the Italian invasion forces, and Andrew, serving in Alaska; and Roy at home. Three sisters also survive; Mrs. Leon Willett of Northfield, Minnesota, Mrs. Paul Baker of Edmunds, North Dakota and Mrs. Walter Vigesaa of Sheridan Wyoming.
Source: Sentinel Courier, Cooperstown, N.D. - October 1943
Clarence Overby Killed in Action on Italian Front:
Clarence H. Overby, 27, one of the first American soldiers to land in the African invasion a year ago, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Overby of Binford has been killed in action on the Italian front, according to a War Department message received by his parents last week. He met death September 24, 1943 while engaged in carrying wounded from the field of battle, being a member of a hospital corps unit. He is the first Griggs man to be killed in land fighting. [Died when jeep he was riding in drove over a Teller mine.]
Overby left from Griggs County to enter the armed forces in September, 1941, and trained at camps at Ford Warren, Wyoming, in Texas and at Ford Ord, California.
Leaving the country in 1942 he sailed as a member of the large convoy then assembling for the African invasion, according to letters received by his parents. When zero hour came for the landing he was among the first American troops to set foot on the African soil, and then he began a year of almost continuous action which was to culminate in his death September 24.
He served with his unit through the African campaign until the Axis forces were driven from the continent, then went with the troops to serve through the Sicilian operation. Following this he was again a member of invasion troops landing in Italy.
It was a few days more than a year ago, incidently, that he landed in Africa, on his 26th birthday.
Overby was born on the home farm in the Binford community November 8, 1916, and up to the time of his induction had spent most of his life in this county. Surviving are his mother and father who visited him at Fort Ord, Calif, a short time before his department from this country; two brothers in the service, Byron who served in the same division and now a member of the Italian invasion forces, and Andrew, serving in Alaska; and Roy at home. Three sisters also survive; Mrs. Leon Willett of Northfield, Minnesota, Mrs. Paul Baker of Edmunds, North Dakota and Mrs. Walter Vigesaa of Sheridan Wyoming.
Source: Sentinel Courier, Cooperstown, N.D. - October 1943
Inscription
3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division
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Entered the service from North Dakota.
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