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ALLEN GEORGE FRENCH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 15, 1946 – August 15, 1966
Service recordAllen George French, of Park Ridge, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 15, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- October 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Park Ridge, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 8
- CANEY GREENSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- STEVE WESTLEL HARRISPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JOHN LEWIS HAWKINS JRPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- KENNETH HAWSEYFirst Sergeant · August 15, 1966
From Park Ridge
- ROBERT C BOICOURTSpecialist Four · June 22, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY GRUDFirst Lieutenant · December 25, 1967
- BRUCE JONATHAN ROTHLance Corporal · December 29, 1967
- BRIAN JOHN MATHISONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1968
- RICHARD DENNIS KOSARSergeant · May 10, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN DONAHUECorporal · August 22, 1970
- GLEN ALAN FIESTERPrivate First Class · September 8, 1970
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.