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ALLEN DONIHUE CHESHIRE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 25, 1948 – February 2, 1969
Service recordAllen Donihue Cheshire, of Waycross, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 36
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Waycross, Georgia (Ware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 36
- ROBERT LEROY ANDERSLieutenant · February 2, 1969
- LARRY EUGENE BOYERCorporal · February 2, 1969
- RICKY CURTIS BRADLEYPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- ALAN RYAN RAMSEYPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT ASHLEY DAVENPORTSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 37
- WILLIAM EDWARD FINLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 38
- JOHN DENNIS FREPPONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 38
- JAMES GAINES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 39
- JAMES JOHN MORRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 42
- JAMES MARCUS ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 43
From Waycross
- WILLIAM THOMAS REACHFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1965
- ROBERT WESLEY HARDEN JRSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JAMES DALE HAWESPrivate First Class · November 11, 1965
- TOMMIE LEE SILLSStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MULLISSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- WILLIAM ARLAND GRIFFISStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- ALBERT WILSON SIRMANS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- CLEVELAND BROWNINGCorporal · May 23, 1969
- NORMAN ROGER SWEATStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1969
- PERRY BERNARD HOPKINSPrivate First Class · October 30, 1969
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.