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Personal info

Full name
UNDERWOOD, Columbus Albert Sr
Date of birth
6 September 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Houston, Winston County, Alabama
Hometown
Muscogee County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34972491
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 2 40

Immediate family

Members
Etta Mason (mother)
LaVerne Underwood (wife)
Columbus A. Underwood Jr. (son)

More information

Columbus Underwood enlisted in Georgia on 20 March 1944 and was overseas for eight months when he was killed.

Source of information: FOHF, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, The Dothan Eagle Newspaper 21 February 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Carol Underwood Allen