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ADRIAN LAURENCE ALLEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 10, 1948 – October 9, 1969
Service recordAdrian Laurence Allen, of Kingsport, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 54
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Kingsport, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 54
- ELDIN GEORGE BERGER JRLance Corporal · October 9, 1969
- TERRY WAYNE BOOKERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- JOHN PATRICK BRENNANCaptain · October 9, 1969
- EARL EUGENE CHARLESSergeant · October 9, 1969
From Kingsport
- KARL ANTHONY BROWNPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANK DYKESLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- RANDALL DOUGLAS YEARYSecond Lieutenant · January 14, 1968
- WILLIAM JACKSON ROBERTSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- ROBERT BERYL STAFFORDSergeant · January 31, 1968
- JAMES EDDIE REEDCaptain · February 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS BUREM WADESecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- ROBERT GLEN PRICESecond Lieutenant · May 4, 1968
- WILLIAM GUY POOLE IIISpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
- JAMES LAFON TARTEFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
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.