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ALLEN THOMAS WHEATON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 6, 1944 – May 12, 1966
Service recordAllen Thomas Wheaton, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Virginia Beach, Virginia (Virginia Beach (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 56
- TOMMY RYAN WHITEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DALLAS CLYDE YOUNG JRSergeant · May 12, 1966
- DAVID LEROY BRUNSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1966
- MELVIN GLENN CORMIERSergeant · May 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BLANCHARD WARD COCHRANEStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 51
- RONALD FRED RICESergeant · Panel 7E, Line 54
- ENNIS RALPH SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 55
From Virginia Beach
- RALPH WINDALL CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WILLIAM A BURNETTPrivate First Class · December 29, 1965
- MARVIN BONNEY SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD ANGESpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- DENNIS R BALFOURPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- STERLING SADLER WOODSCorporal · May 10, 1967
- OTTO ANDREAE SEAMANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS BOYKINPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · July 27, 1967
- HERMAN C BROEGELER IIILance Corporal · August 1, 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.