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HARRY WILLIAM UNDERWOOD
Private · U.S. Army
December 23, 1948 – September 14, 1968
Service recordHarry William Underwood, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 60
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 23, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 44W, Line 60
- CHARLES WILLIAM SETHSpecialist Four · September 14, 1968
- PHILLIP WARREN TOMPKINSPrivate First Class · September 14, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL WALSHSpecialist Four · September 14, 1968
- LILO ELMER ALDOUSCorporal · September 15, 1968
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.