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ALLEN CHARLES ARGENTA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 29, 1938 – July 11, 1969
Service recordAllen Charles Argenta, of Watertown, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 97
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 29, 1938
- Home of record
- Watertown, Connecticut (Litchfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 97
- TIMOTHY TAYLOR WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 10, 1969
- JACKIE LAVANDA WOODARDPrivate First Class · July 10, 1969
- ELBERT JAMES BAKER JRCorporal · July 11, 1969
- RENNIE JOE BAKER JRCorporal · July 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOEL RHYNE KITCHENSStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 102
- JAMES PATRICK WARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 104
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.