The Wall › Panel 31E › Missouri › Allan Eugene Follett
ALLAN EUGENE FOLLETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 13, 1944 – December 11, 1967
Service recordAllan Eugene Follett, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 79
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 79
- ROBERT ALLEN ANSPACHMaster Sergeant · September 11, 1967
- IVAN DEAN MILLER JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- HARRY RAY WHITE JRSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- JAMES EARL WRIGHTCorporal · December 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL JOHN MAGUIRESpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 81
- JOHN PAUL PAULSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 82
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
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.