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Sergeant DOUGLAS LEONARD OVERTON

Service Number: 940865
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

97 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 09 June 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

17. F. 8.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Leonard Ernest and Elsie Minnie Overton, of Bilston, Staffordshire.
  • Personal Inscription "I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH"
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Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 7671
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