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KENNETH FRANK UNDERWOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 28, 1948 – February 25, 1967
Service recordKenneth Frank Underwood, of Burlington, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 92
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
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Burlington, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 92
- DAVID FRANKLIN VANDERCOOKPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN WADEStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WATSONChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 25, 1967
- JOHN MALCOLM ZELENICKSpecialist Four · February 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PETER COGILLPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 88
- JOSEPH E GRIFFISStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 90
- WILLIAM J FRANKSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 91
From Burlington
- HAROLD LEE GUTHRIESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- JAMES LEROY GRAVESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD PULLIAM JRSergeant · July 21, 1966
- KEMPER SWANSON BILLINGSPetty Officer First Class · October 29, 1966
- ROBERT LEE PATE IIIPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- FRANKIE DON WADESpecialist Four · March 25, 1967
- DENNIS LEE HALLPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRAYSecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WEBSTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- FRED REAVES JRSergeant · February 22, 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.