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GEORGE WARREN UNDERWOOD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 1, 1943 – July 23, 1964
Service recordGeorge Warren Underwood, of Quincy, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Quincy, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1964
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1964. In July 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 59
- JOHN PETER DRAKEPrivate First Class · July 21, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
From Quincy
- EDWARD ALAN BRUDNOCaptain · June 3, 1973
- RICHARD JOHN VASCONCELLOSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM GRANAHANLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- BRIAN PAUL AHERNLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- CHARLES LAWRENCE BIFOLCHIMajor · January 8, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PITTSPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- PAUL VINCENT GRASSOLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- RICHARD SHIRLEY DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- RALPH JOHN WILLARDWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL WALSHSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
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.