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ALLEN EUGENE FELLOWS
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
December 1, 1931 – March 20, 1968
Service recordAllen Eugene Fellows, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 20, 1968, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 39
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1053B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 507 DAS SQ
- Born
- December 1, 1931
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 20, 1968
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 45E, Line 39
- DICK E CUFFSpecialist Four · March 20, 1968
- JAMES ELTON FISHERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- WILLIAM GOODHEARTSpecialist Four · March 20, 1968
- WILLIE GRANT JRPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.