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ALLEN RUDOLPH VILKAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 24, 1931 – August 7, 1967
Service recordAllen Rudolph Vilkas, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 4 ENG BN 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1931
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 89
- VERNON GENE STICHSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- VAN VERNON TRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · August 7, 1967
- HAROLD SEAN TURSKEYCorporal · August 7, 1967
- NARVIN OTTO WITTMAN JRLance Corporal · August 7, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.