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ALLEN JAMES LAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 14, 1948 – December 27, 1969
Service recordAllen James Lams, of Taylor, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Construction Surveyor (82B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 864 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP
- Born
- October 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Taylor, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 99
- CHARLES WILLIAM LOVE JRStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1969
- TOMMY LEE MARKSSpecialist Five · December 27, 1969
- DAMIEN JOHN JAMES MESSINOHospitalman · December 27, 1969
- THOMAS VINCENT PAKULASpecialist Four · December 27, 1969
From Taylor
- THEODORE GRONOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- JOSE JULIO BOYLESSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEYERLieutenant Colonel · April 26, 1967
- BURTON IRVING SHARPSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH PETERSENSpecialist Four · June 1, 1967
- DONALD DAVID WIELKOPOLANSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- JAMES ELTON FISHERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- JAMES ESTILL TANKERSLEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- THOMAS RUSSELL COLLINS JRSpecialist Four · July 6, 1969
- LARRY MICHEAL ROBINSONSpecialist Four · August 13, 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.