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JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 6, 1946 – September 18, 1965
Service recordJerry Dwayne Underwood, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 90
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1965
- Age
- 19
- 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 18, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 90
- LARRY LEE TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- JOHNNIE PAUL WINFREYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
Same unit, same day
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 86
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · Panel 2E, Line 86
- LEROY HICKSPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 86
- GEORGE ELMER BURCHETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 87
- JOHNNIE WILLIAM FAIRCLOTHStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 87
- EDWARD HAROLD FOXSecond Lieutenant · Panel 2E, Line 87
- ERNEST KAY GERHARDTPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 87
- JOE LANELL MEEKSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 88
- ERNEST LEE MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 88
- ROBERT EDWARDS RAWLSCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 88
- ROYNALD EDWARD TAYLORStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 89
- JOHNNIE PAUL WINFREYPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 90
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- JERALD RILEY TOWATERPrivate First Class · March 29, 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.