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BILLY LOUIS UNDERWOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1949 – February 23, 1969
Service recordBilly Louis Underwood, of Asheboro, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 27
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Asheboro, North Carolina (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 83 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 31W, Line 27
- FREDDIE LEON TIPTONLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- PAUL HENRY TOBERSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- ROGER MARTIN TYNERSergeant · February 23, 1969
- JAMES DREWERY TYUS JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
From Asheboro
- RONALD GALE TROGDONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- CHARLES THOMAS PARKERSergeant · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT LYNN FOX JRPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- MICKEY WILLIAM HILLCorporal · March 21, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS COBLESergeant · May 15, 1969
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BULLA JRStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.