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ALLEN SHEFFIELD STROUD
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 18, 1947 – June 17, 1968
Service recordAllen Sheffield Stroud, of Garner, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 15
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Garner, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1968; seven of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 56W, Line 15
- STEPHEN WILLIAM SHAWPrivate First Class · June 17, 1968
- NYLES BERNARD SKYLESCorporal · June 17, 1968
- HOWARD WARREN STEWARTPetty Officer First Class · June 17, 1968
- CLARENCE TOLENTINOStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ARTHUR BEDSOLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56W, Line 11
- CHARLIE E BERRYSergeant · Panel 56W, Line 11
- DONALD SHUICHI FUJIMOTOSergeant · Panel 56W, Line 12
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KENNEDYPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 13
- ROOSEVELT TOWNSENDCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 16
- WILLIAM THOMAS WEDGEWORTHCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 16
From Garner
- DONALD LEE WALLStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- THOMAS WARREN DAVISPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- ROBERT CLARK DAWSONStaff Sergeant · June 18, 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.