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ALLEN ARTHUR STRAUS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 5, 1945 – May 6, 1968
Service recordAllen Arthur Straus, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 16
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 16
- WILLIAM LENDELL RUSHINGFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1968
- JOHNNIE CECIL SMITH JRPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- MILTON EARL SPEARSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- LONNY LAWRENCE STEWARTSergeant · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY HOWARD ALDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 37
- TERRANCE W ALLENSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 38
- CURTIS ELBERT BANDYSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 39
- DAVID LEE BETEBENNERSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 1
- THOMAS FRANKLIN CREWSStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 4
- GEORGE LOUIS DALESergeant First Class · Panel 56E, Line 5
- SYDNEY WILLIAM KLEMMERSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 6
- JOHN ANDRES JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 8
- WILLIAM B KIMBALL JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 56E, Line 10
- RICHARD FLOYD TURPIN IIISpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 17
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
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.