- In 1983 he was awarded the USMC Distinguished Flying Cross and NASA Space Flight Medal. Col. Overmyer was also presented the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School Distinguished Engineers Award.
- Born in Lorain, Ohio, but considered Westlake, Ohio, his hometown.
- He piloted STS-5, the first fully operational flight of the space shuttle, in November 1982. He commanded STS 51-B, a Spacelab mission, in 1985.
- He was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.
- He was killed while test-piloting a prototype airplane in Duluth, Minnesota.
- Inducted into the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame in 1993.
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