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ALLAN WAYNE PERSICKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 25, 1949 – September 7, 1969
Service recordAllan Wayne Persicke, of Benton Harbor, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 55
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Benton Harbor, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 55
- CAMERON TRENT MCALLISTERStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1969
- JAMES WOOD MEGEHEEStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1969
- ALBERTO MILAR JRSergeant · September 7, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE PEETZKESergeant · September 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT CHARLES BENOIT JRSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 53
From Benton Harbor
- ERNEST WATSONPrivate First Class · February 15, 1966
- BRUCE LOUIS MAROSITESSpecialist Four · March 1, 1966
- LARRY DUANE BUTGEREITSergeant · January 11, 1967
- LAMARRE ARTHUR MAJORPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- WENDELL GLEN VAUGHNPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- FRANK EDWARD WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · June 1, 1968
- WILLIE SONNY DAVISPrivate · October 11, 1968
- EUGENE CROSSLEYCorporal · October 31, 1968
- DALE LLOYD JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 8, 1969
- TIMOTHY ANDREW COOKSergeant · September 20, 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.