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RONALD EUGENE UNDERWOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 25, 1951 – June 20, 1970
Service recordRonald Eugene Underwood, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 25, 1951
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 74
- GLENN ALLEN PARKSSergeant · June 20, 1970
- ROBERT LEE PORTERSpecialist Four · June 20, 1970
- ROGER LEE PORTERAirman · June 20, 1970
- MELVIN NEAL RUTHERFORDSergeant · June 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARK CURTIS BRANTLEYSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 71
- RICHARD JOSEPH GRIEMEStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 72
- DENNIS M STOPPLEWORTHPrivate · Panel 9W, Line 75
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 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.