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ALLAN EUGENE COMBS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 5, 1943 – June 9, 1966
Service recordAllan Eugene Combs, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 26
- DONALD WARREN CONN JRLance Corporal · June 9, 1966
- LAWRENCE JAMES DEISHERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOHN T DIXONSergeant First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HOWARD BAKER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 25
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 25
- LAWRENCE JAMES DEISHERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 26
- JOHN T DIXONSergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 26
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 26
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 27
- EDWARD THOMAS DA FRODSHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 27
- EDWARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 27
- ROBERT HANNASergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 27
- EARL WAYNE GOODALLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 28
- GEORGE AARON MORNINGSTARSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 28
- ROBERT JAMES PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 28
- MELVIN REEDERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 28
- JAMES EARNEST SHUYLERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 29
- CHARLES VAN TURLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 29
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 29
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.