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DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILL
Seaman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
November 12, 1946 – April 15, 1966
Service recordDavid Joseph Underhill, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Seaman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 122
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman Apprentice (SA)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- November 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 122
- WILLIAM TERRY MAINPrivate First Class · April 18, 1966
- LEE AARON ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1966
- JOSEPH ORVILLE BROWNCaptain · April 19, 1966
- HENRY LOUIS DEWSpecialist Four · April 19, 1966
- DANA STANLEY FROSTCorporal · April 19, 1966
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
- CHARLIE GRAYSpecialist Four · July 24, 1966
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.