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FRANKLIN W UNDERWOOD JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 3, 1947 – June 23, 1969
Service recordFranklin W Underwood JR, of Sykesville, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 3
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Sykesville, Maryland (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 3
- STEVEN JAMES SKEENFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1969
- JOHN CALVIN SMITHSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- CHARLES STOCKTON TAYLORLieutenant (junior grade) · June 23, 1969
- HOMER DANIEL THICKSergeant First Class · June 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LOUIS BISHOPSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 116
- MARVIN MELTON BURNSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 117
- MICHAEL FORBESSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 118
- DAVID ROYDEN GILLSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 119
- CHARLES HENRY KELLER IICaptain · Panel 22W, Line 121
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.