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ALLEN KENNETH DEARDEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 2, 1947 – May 18, 1967
Service recordAllen Kenneth Dearden, of Hamburg, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Hamburg, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 24
- CHARLES LEON ANDERSONPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- MARK ANTHONY DALGLIESHPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- LOUIS DAVID DOBBIN IIFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- PAUL FRANCIS DOYONLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES E ARONHALT JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 20
- CHRISTOPHER WAYNE BEAVERSPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 21
- WILLIAM ALLEN BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 21
- JAMES EDWARD BURCHSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 21
- JAMES T BURNSPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 21
- JOSEPH CALHOUNSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 22
- LOUIS WILSON COLEMAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 23
- ESTEBAN COLON-MOTASStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 23
- PATRICK JAMES FLAVINPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 23
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 25
- STEVE JOHN CHURCHILLPrivate · Panel 20E, Line 26
- JAMES LEE FOREMANSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 26
- HORACE ROSCOE GORESergeant · Panel 20E, Line 27
- WESLEY IRA GOSWICKSpecialist Five · Panel 20E, Line 27
- BRUCE ALAN GRANDSTAFFPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 28
- EDWARD CHARLES HULTQUISTPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 29
- CLIFFORD ALVIN JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 30
- DANNY EUGENE KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 30
- JOE PAUL LARSENPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 31
- CHARLES EDWARD RANALLO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 34
- CHARLES OSCAR REEDPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 34
- ALFRED WILLIAM ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 35
- ROBERT BENJAMIN SANZONESergeant · Panel 20E, Line 35
- MICHAEL SESSA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 36
From Hamburg
- JOEL ANDREW BROWNPrivate First Class · March 10, 1967
- HERBERT CHARLES RICECaptain · March 29, 1967
- JAMES IRVING BUCHNERSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN SWIECZKOWSKISergeant · May 20, 1968
- RONALD LAWRENCE SHATTUCKSergeant · December 30, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES KEELERSergeant · December 1, 1969
- DENNIS PATRICK CALLAGHANCorporal · May 6, 1970
- RICHARD D MASSARICaptain · June 12, 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.