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ALLEN GLAINE WELLS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 29, 1944 – August 17, 1966
Service recordAllen Glaine Wells, of Tigard, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Analyst (96B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Tigard, Oregon (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 16
- HERBERT STERLING MURFFMaster Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- FREDDIE KEMPPrivate · August 17, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH PEARSONMajor · August 17, 1966
- JAMES E BOWERSSergeant · August 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WELLS ELDON CUNNINGHAMCaptain · Panel 10E, Line 15
- JOHN RUDOLPH PEARSONMajor · Panel 10E, Line 16
From Tigard
- DONALD LEROY COATESStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD YOUNGLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- GEORGE GEOFFREY KARRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1970
- WILLIAM JAMES LANGMANCaptain · September 27, 1970
- HAROLD NORMAN FLIEGERPrivate First Class · December 7, 1970
- JERRY SHELDON STEARNSSergeant · April 15, 1971
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.