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Personal info

Full name
UNDERWOOD, Henry Lawrence Jr
Date of birth
18 January 1913
Age
32
Place of birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Ethnicity
African American

Military service

Service number
35355541
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
784th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
Blätz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 11 18

Immediate family

Members
Henry L. Underwood (father)
Carrie L. (Lockwood) Underwood (mother)
Nellie M. Underwood (sister)
Carrie L. Underwood II (sister)
Virginia A. Underwood (sister)
Agnes Underwood (sister)
Mary A. Underwood (wife)

More information

Pvt Henry L. Underwoodgraduated from East Night High School, attended college and worked as a porter.

He enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 27 May 1942 and had been overseas for two months.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Kathy McDermott, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Headstone and Interment Record, Enlistment Record / National Archives, WWII Memorial, CWGC - ABMC / Find A Grave, Underwood/Fisher Family Tree / Ancestry, http://www.784th.com/, www.newspapers.com

Photo source: Des Philippet / Find A Grave, East Night High School 1935 Rostrum yearbook