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  • Centreville museum honors 63rd, 99th infantries

    03/07/2005 8:51:27 PM PST · by Calpernia · 18 replies · 770+ views
    Enterprise-Journal ^ | Dedication set for March 19 | Karen Freeman
    CENTREVILLE — Technical Sgt. Willie F. Overfelt never lived to walk on U.S. soil after April 7, 1945. The young World War II soldier, a member of the Army’s 63rd Infantry Division, died in battle in Germany that day. Now, nearly 60 years after his death, visitors to the Camp Van Dorn Museum of Centreville will see Overfelt’s name engraved on a memorial plaque — along with his battle helmet, which was found by a German soldier and returned. Sgt. Overfelt, along with the tens of thousands of fellow soldiers from the “Blood and Fire” 63rd Infantry and the 99th...