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ALLEN RAY TOWNER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 3, 1949 – January 23, 1970
Service recordAllen Ray Towner, of Sunfield, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Sunfield, Michigan (Eaton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 61
- CAREY ALLEN FOSNAUGHSpecialist Four · January 23, 1970
- FRANK SPENCER IIICorporal · January 23, 1970
- DENNIS CHARLES WARDPrivate First Class · January 23, 1970
- DANIEL LOUIS BEHMSpecialist Four · January 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD THOMAS CARTERSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 59
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.