William W. Overman, Jr.
Firefighter/EMT
Date of Birth: May 27, 1948
LODD Date of Death: April 24, 1993

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
FALLEN FIREFIGHTER

NAME: William W. Overman, Jr.                                                            AGE: 44

RANK:  Firefighter                                                                                   BADGE #: N/A

STATION:  Herald Harbor Volunteer Fire Department

DATE OF DEATH: April 24, 1993

CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH: Firefighter Overman suffered a fatal heart attack while on the scene of his first call as a firefighter. Firefighter Overman was sitting on the tailboard of the engine when he collapsed.

BURIAL LOCATION: Crownsville Veterans Cemetery – 1122 Sunrise Beach Road, Crownsville, MD (Anne Arundel County adc map 14-d-7) Area 5, Section B-1, Grave 7.

Notes: Articles – Evening Capital, April 26, 1993
                            Baltimore Sun April 26, 1993
                            Cpl. USMC (Vietnam)

PLAQUES, MEMORIALS, DEDICATIONS, ETC.:

• National Fallen Firefighters Memorial, Emmitsburg.
• Maryland Fire and Rescue Memorial Annapolis, MD
• Delaney Valley Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum, Timonium, MD
• Anne Arundel County Fallen Firefighters Memorial, Millersville, MD

Evening Capital, April 26, 1993

William Overman, Jr.

    William W. Overman, Jr., 44, a resident of Crownsville since 1969 and formerly of Tudor Hall in Annapolis died of a heart attack Saturday at North Arundel Hospital in Glen Burnie.

    Born in Washington, D.C., Mr. Overman was an electrical engineer with LORAL Aerospace in Hanover.
    He received a degree in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 1980 and was a 1966 graduate of Bladensburg High School
    He served in Vietnam in the Maries as a Corporal.
    His memberships included the Fleet Reserve Club of Annapolis, the Herald Harbor Volunteer Fire Department where he was an emergency medical technician, and the Harbor Club where he was a former officer. His interest included computers and sailing.
    Surviving are his wife, Marlon M. Overman, two daughters, Helen E. and Kathleen Overman, and his father William Overman, Sr. all of the home.

Baltimore Sun, April 26, 1993

Volunteer Firefighter dies on Emergency Call

    A volunteer firefighter died Saturday night after he went into cardiac arrest while responding on an emergency call in Crownsville.
    William W. Overman, Jr., 44, responded with the Herald Harbor Volunteer Fire Company to a report at 10:12 P.M. of smoke odors in a home in the 900 block of Indian Creek Lane. No fire was found, Capt. Gary Sheckells, a Fire Department spokesman, said yesterday.
    A few minutes after the engine arrived at the scene, Mr. Overman walked to the rear of the vehicle and collapsed, Capt. Scheckells said.
    He was taken to North Arundel Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
    Although police reported Mr. Overman had a history of diabetes and heart trouble, Captain Sheckells said the Fire Department is awaiting a medical examiner’s report on the cause of death.
    Mr. Overman, who had been a member of the Herald Harbor station for three years, was training to become a certified firefighter. As a member of the department, whether paid or volunteer, Captain Sheckells said, he would have had to pass a medical exam.
    He did not know whether Mr. Overman had submitted to the exam.