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ALLEN RALPH STROUD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 31, 1948 – July 8, 1970
Service recordAllen Ralph Stroud, of Silver Spring, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 133
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Silver Spring, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 133
- LEE ERNEST MARSH JRLance Corporal · July 8, 1970
- RICKEY LEROY SCOTTCorporal · July 8, 1970
- JOHN DARREL SKIRVINSpecialist Four · July 8, 1970
- JOHN FLANAGAN SPANGLERSpecialist Four · July 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY JOE CRUSESergeant · Panel 9W, Line 129
- HAROLD LEROY FRANKSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 130
- JAMES EARL HUPPSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 130
- JOSEPH F MCDERMOTT IIISpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 131
- HARRY MCEWINGPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 131
- MARK PHILLIP RAIFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 132
- RICKEY LEROY SCOTTCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 133
- WALTER LEWIS WALKERSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 1
From Silver Spring
- WAYNE THOMAS LUNDELLSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- TERRY WINTERMOYERSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD LOVELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL BOWERSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR STACY JRCaptain · March 21, 1966
- RICHARD CLIFTON SMITHCorporal · April 6, 1966
- RALPH SIMONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOEHMPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT HATCHER SWAINPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM ANTHONY WILKSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1967
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.