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ALLEN GEORGE FUSSNER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 6, 1947 – October 1, 1968
Service recordAllen George Fussner, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 55
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- November 6, 1947
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 55
- GARY WAYNE BROWNCorporal · October 1, 1968
- PATRICK MICHAEL FARLEYCorporal · October 1, 1968
- WILLIAM GLEN FERGUSON JRCorporal · October 1, 1968
- MONTIE H HENDERSON JRPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.