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ALLEN THEODORE MAKIN II
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 11, 1946 – March 15, 1967
Service recordAllen Theodore Makin II, of Buckeye, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 84
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Target Acquisition Specialist (17C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Buckeye, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 84
- SAMUEL FERGUSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- PETER JOSEPH FREDERICKColonel · March 15, 1967
- STEVIE RAY GIBSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- MICHAEL J HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS LOUIS DISPENSIEROPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 85
From Buckeye
- DONALD ROBERT ELMOREPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- GERONIMO LERMASpecialist Four · July 6, 1968
- HERMAN SERNASpecialist Five · May 14, 1970
- DARREL MONROE PICKETTSpecialist Four · September 9, 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.