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ALLEN FRANK SCRANTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 18, 1947 – June 5, 1966
Service recordAllen Frank Scranton JR, of Kent, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 5, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Kent, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 12
- HUGH REAVIS NELSON JRCaptain · June 5, 1966
- JERRY DEAN OLDSAirman First Class · June 5, 1966
- LESTER LEE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- ARTHUR JAMES RUSSELLPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
From Kent
- FREDRICK MARLTON BINDERCorporal · June 27, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND AARDELance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- GEORGE MICHAEL TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
- CLIFFORD OTIS WARECorporal · January 14, 1968
- DAVID JOEL SCHULTZPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- PATRICK LEE DEWATERLance Corporal · September 8, 1968
- GREGORY JEROME NICCOLILance Corporal · February 4, 1969
- GEORGE MICHAEL BINNSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- ROBERT RAY SANFORDPrivate First Class · July 20, 1969
- EDWARD ROWE SMILEY JRSpecialist Four · December 4, 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.