Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of William Overton Winston
Headstone of William Overton Winston
U.S. Marine Corps · United States United States

William Overton Winston

Corporal
1946 – 1967
Silver Star
Purple HeartNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 24E
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Corporal William Overton Winston served in the U.S. Marine Corps. William served with the 5th Marines. William served in the Vietnam War. William was 20 years old.

How They Died
Manner Combat Death
Cause Gunshot wound
Circumstance Killed in action
Place Quang Tin
Keepsakes
WINSTON WILLIAM OVERTON - Vietnam War Veteran
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Service Record
U.S. Marine Corps
MORTAR PLT, H&S CO, 1ST BN, 5TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
0341: MORTARMAN
CPL
MORTARMAN
QUANG TIN
1967
Pay grade E04.
Conflicts
Vietnam War
Awards & Decorations 5

For valor

Silver Star

For service and achievement

Purple Heart

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 24E · Line 65 cut as WILLIAM O WINSTON
Burial Information
Cemetery Marietta National Cemetery
Section D
Grave 2363-D
In Our Keeping
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William Overton Winston
Corporal
U.S. Marine Corps
- 1967
5th Marines
Corporal
Silver Star
Purple Heart National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

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