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ROBERT STEPHEN UNDERWOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1949 – August 23, 1968
Service recordRobert Stephen Underwood, of O'fallon, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 56
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1949
- Home of record
- O'fallon, Missouri (St Charles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; eight of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 56
- LUTHER JAMES THEDFORDSergeant · August 23, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH UYESAKASergeant · August 23, 1968
- HOWARD STEVEN VARNIStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- STEVEN CHARLES VINTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BARRY J BECANNENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 47W, Line 37
- THAL ANTHONY BROWNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47W, Line 38
- JOSEPH ERNEST FALARDEAUSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 41
- WALTER FERGUSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 47W, Line 41
- MICHAEL DAVID FIXPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 41
- PATRICK SHAWN HEDERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 44
- GILBERTO MENDEZ MOLINAPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 49
- GEORGE EDWARD PERDUEPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 51
- WILLIAM OTTO SCHMALEMajor · Panel 47W, Line 53
- RICHARD ORRIN SOPERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 47W, Line 55
From O'fallon
- WILLIAM WILLIS HOODPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- BEN DOMINIC BONOLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SWAFFORDPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- LARRY ALAN STEPHENSPrivate First Class · September 1, 1969
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.