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Richard Overton's family, 112, says he does not know how a thief got Overton's social security and personal account numbers
They discovered the problem Thursday when one veteran cousins of the Second World War made a deposit in his account.
several purchases of savings bonds with Treasury Direct in recent months and on Thursday there was nothing left in the account.
"It's a shock, it hurts, it hurts terribly," said Overton Jr.
While the family does not know who was able to steal the money from Overton, his cousin said "it would be terrible to know that someone who was so close to him used it like that."
the amount of money that was taken but said that it was a "considerable amount."
Overton, who now lives in Austin, Texas, volunteered for serving in 1942. He became a member of the 188th Engineering Battalion In 2013, he was honored by President Barack Obama at a Veterans Day ceremony at the National Arlington Ceremony.
His family said that the money from the online fundraising page is intact in a bank account
Police Investigating the Incident.
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