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ALLEN DARYL PAPENFUS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 10, 1948 – March 15, 1967
Service recordAllen Daryl Papenfus, of Appleton, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 362 ENG CO 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- April 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Appleton, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 85
- DOUGLAS LOUIS DISPENSIEROPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- THOMAS CARROLL NICKERSONSergeant · March 15, 1967
- THOMAS M OLINSpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
- GARY WAYNE OLSONCorporal · March 15, 1967
From Appleton
- MICHAEL DEANE LAUXCorporal · March 25, 1966
- LARRY DUANE JUDKINSHospitalman · February 10, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY REINKECorporal · March 21, 1967
- DENNIS JAMES ADAMSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- DENNIS ROBERT SCHMIDTAirman · November 28, 1967
- KENNETH JOSEPH GRASSLPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS HARTZHEIMPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL MORIARTYPrivate · August 22, 1968
- TIMOTHY GEORGE ARENSCorporal · October 1, 1968
- KENT ALAN CUNNINGHAMHospitalman · November 1, 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.