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PAUL GERARD UNDERWOOD
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
July 7, 1927 – March 16, 1966
Service recordPaul Gerard Underwood, of Hornell, New York, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 16, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 16
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Born
- July 7, 1927
- Home of record
- Hornell, New York (Steuben County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 16, 1966
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 16
- RONALD LEE REEDPrivate · March 16, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- WILLIAM NATHANIEL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- JERRY L ZEVENBERGENPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
From Hornell
- JOSEPH WILLIAM BARILLOCorporal · July 6, 1967
- LARRY RICHARD HATTERCorporal · February 18, 1971
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.