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ALLEN B CHAMBERLAIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1943 – February 15, 1967
Service recordAllen B Chamberlain, of Palm Beach, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Palm Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 31
- MERVYN MAURICE CARSONCorporal · February 15, 1967
- JOSEPH MICHAEL CASSERLYPrivate · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT WYLIE LINSONLance Corporal · February 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHNIE NATHANIEL DANIELSSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 32
- RONALD CHARLES GEHLERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 32
- HARVEY MCKEE CARKINSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 33
- RICHARD ALAN CARVERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 33
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 33
- VAN DYKE WILLIAM MANNERSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 34
- MICHAEL PATRICK REILLYSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 35
- ERIC B SPEAKCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 36
- LOUIS EDWARD WILLETTPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 37
From Palm Beach
- JAMES WESLEY MIZE JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN RAMBERGSergeant · February 10, 1968
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.