AUSTIN, Texas — More than three years after his death, Richard Overton is still leaving his mark in the community he lived in. A new monument now sits at his gravesite at the Texas State Cemetery.
Overton died in 2018 at 112 years old, the oldest verified surviving World War II veteran at the time of his death. He was born in Bastrop County on May 11, 1906, and later enlisted in the army in September of 1940 at Fort Sam Houston.
He went on to serve in the South Pacific through the war. After the war he moved to Austin, Texas where he lived on the city's east side.
President Obama honored Overton in a ceremony at the nation's capital for his service to the nation.
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