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ALLAN DAVID MORTENSEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 4, 1946 – March 10, 1969
Service recordAllan David Mortensen, of El Cajon, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 3
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 4, 1946
- Home of record
- El Cajon, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 29W, Line 3
- WILLIAM JOHN STEDLSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- CECIL WAYNE TILLMANCorporal · March 10, 1969
- MICHAEL GEORGE ALLENDORFCorporal · March 11, 1969
- DAVID BRUCE ARNOLDPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
From El Cajon
- WILLIAM EDWARD NEVILLETechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- DAVID LEON BAUMGARDNERSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MICHAEL RAYMOND KIEHLPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- JACK M HARRISSergeant First Class · April 14, 1967
- DAVID ALAN HICKMANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- GLENN EUGENE LUHNOWPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- AQUILLA FRIEND BRITTMajor · October 25, 1967
- WILLIAM TAYLOR HARTMANSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- WALTER KIRT CLARKEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD AUGUSTINE DELEIDICaptain · February 7, 1969
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.