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ALLEN D FORD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 8, 1947 – December 26, 1967
Service recordAllen D Ford, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 63
- JAMES HENRY GAMBLEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- DARRELL DEAN GEHRKESpecialist Five · December 26, 1967
- DAVID RAYMOND HAEFNERSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- TIMOTHY JOEL KENNEDYSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EDWARD BERDYCaptain · Panel 32E, Line 61
- WILLIAM H CAMPBELL IIISpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 62
- BARRY STUART KYLESpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 64
- JAMES LEE RUSS JRCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 65
- STEPHEN MICHAEL VUGASergeant · Panel 32E, Line 65
- BERNARD FRANCIS POBLOCKCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 66
- THOMAS MILTON VANZANDTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 66
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 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.