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ALLEN EUGENE STARR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 9, 1944 – July 22, 1969
Service recordAllen Eugene Starr, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 35
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1969; four of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 35
- GAIL LEE WHITLATCHSpecialist Four · July 22, 1969
- SAMUEL VINCENT BURRUANOSpecialist Four · July 23, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD FORDCorporal · July 23, 1969
- PHILIP HAMMONSPrivate First Class · July 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BERNARDINO FRANCIS GENCHIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 33
- LARRY GAY POOLSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 34
- GAIL LEE WHITLATCHSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 35
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · 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.