Virgil E. Underhill

Korean War
Service #14305992
UnitB BTRY 57 FA BN 7 DIV
RankCorporal U.S. Army
Date of DeathAugust 5 1951
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Prisoner of War Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Corporal Underhill was awarded the Purple Heart, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Corporal Underhill was a member of Battery B, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Hagaru, North Korea on December 6, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at An-Dong, North Korea on August 5, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.