Individual Details

Name: Ralph Overstreet
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 1 Oct 1912
Death Date: 24 Sep 1993
SSN: 492428118
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date 1: 21 Jan 1942
Release Date 1: 18 Sep 1945
Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Name: Ralph L Overstreet
Race: White
Report Date: 23 Jan 1945
Latest Report Date: 12 Jun 1945
Grade: Private First Class
Grade Notes: Second Lieutenant or Nurse or Dietitian or Physical therapy aide or Private First Class or Ensign or Second Class, Seaman
Service Branch: Army
Arm or Service: Infantry
Arm or Service Code: Infantry
Organization Type: Branch Immaterial/Infantry Division Band/Dental Corps/Medical Department
Parent Unit Type: Group/Regiment/Commands/System
Area Served: European Theatre: France
Detaining Country: Germany
Camp: 007
Status: Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated
Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
National Archives and Records Administration. World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: World War II Prisoners of War Data File [Archival Database]; Records of World War II Prisoners of War, 1942-1947; Records of the Office of the Provost Marshal General, Record Group 389; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.

Joplin Globe, Joplin, Missouri, Saturday, September 25, 1993, Front Page, Col. 2: An elderly Liberal, Mo., man died in flash flooding Friday in Barton County, and a deluge of up to 8 inches forced the evacuation of some residents of Aurora and Crawford County, Kan. In Barton County a search by divers and airplane lasted 2 1/2 hours before the body of Ralph Overstreet, 80, was recovered from his submerged car. Authorities said Overstreet's car became stuck in water on Highway O, south of Highway 160. A farmer tried to tow the Overstreet vehicle out, but a flash flood washed Overstreet's vehicle off the road.

Joplin Globe, Joplin, Missouri, Sunday, September 26, 1993, Page 34, Col. 3: Liberal, Mo.---Ralph L. Overstreet, 80, Liberal route 1, died about 12:30 p.m. Friday in a flood-related accident on O Highway, 1 1/2 miles south of Highway 160. Mr. Overstreet was born Oct. 1, 1912 at Liberal. he was a lifelong area resident. He was a retired farmer. He was a member and first vice commander of the American Legion post in Liberal. He served in the navy and was a prisoner of war during World War II. He married Cleona Briggs on Jan. 3, 1942, at Carthage. She died Feb. 14, 1984. Survivors include two brothers, Herbert Overstreet, Lamar, and Charles Overstreet, Liberal. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Lohmeyer-Konantz Funeral Home, Lamar. The Rev. Lonnie Pennell will officiate. Burial will be in the Liberal City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Contributions may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.

Birth	1 Oct 1912	Liberal, Barton Co., Missouri
Marriage	3 Jan 1942	Carthage, Jasper Co., Missouri - Sarah Cleona Briggs
Death	24 Sep 1993	Liberal, Barton Co., Missouri
Alt name		Ralph L. Overstreet
Burial		Military Marker, Liberal City Cemetery, Liberal, Barton Co., Missouri
Soc Sec No		492-42-8118
SSN issued		Missouri

Spouse

Sarah Cleona Briggs (1905 - 1984)