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ALLAN STANLEY MAJOR
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
June 17, 1947 – September 24, 1968
Service recordAllan Stanley Major, of Maspeth, New York, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 24, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 60
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Maspeth, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 60
- EDDIE LEE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- JOHN STIRPEPrivate · October 1, 1968
- EUGENE RAVN SUAREZCorporal · October 1, 1968
- BERNARD JEFFERY UHRENCorporal · October 1, 1968
- FRANK WELLS JRPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
From Maspeth
- THOMAS PAUL CIBOROWSKIPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- ERWIN BEEKSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN GILLEYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- MICHAEL PHILIP PELLEGRINOSeaman · February 20, 1968
- LANCE LAGRANGEFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1968
- THOMAS PATRICK NOONAN JRLance Corporal · February 5, 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.