Donald E. Underwood

World War II
Service #0-738751
Unit38th Bomber Squadron, 30th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankSecond Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Michigan
Date of DeathJanuary 21 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
5
38th Bomber Squadron, 30th Bomber Group, Heavy
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Purple Heart
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of 2nd Lt. Donald E. Underwood were accounted for in 2017. His name is permanently inscribed in the “Courts of the Missing” at the Honolulu Memorial.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.