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ALLEN CLARENCE ROCK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1945 – August 20, 1966
Service recordAllen Clarence Rock, of Williston, Vermont, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Williston, Vermont (Chittenden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 22
- THOMAS ROBERT KYLE JRPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- SILBANO MORINPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- DANIEL EUGENE MORRISLance Corporal · August 20, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOSEPH COMPTONPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 20
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.