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ALLEN PAUL BROEKHUIZEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 11, 1947 – October 1, 1968
Service recordAllen Paul Broekhuizen, of Fulton, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Fulton, New York (Oswego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 53
- FRANK ALLEN BAGGETTCorporal · October 1, 1968
- CHARLES ARTHUR BRANCHPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- RONALD DOUGLAS BROWNFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 1968
- FREDERICK HAROLD FLYNNSergeant · October 1, 1968
From Fulton
- JESSE GEORGE EASTMANLance Corporal · March 22, 1966
- CHARLES JAMES AKINSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1968
- WILLIAM RUSSELL GRAY JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 28, 1969
- GEORGE AIKMAN FINTERLieutenant Colonel · February 28, 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.