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ALLEN W MCNEIL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 6, 1947 – May 12, 1968
Service recordAllen W McNeil, of Kamas, Utah, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Kamas, Utah (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 11
- ANTHONY RAYMOND PRIETOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- FREDERICK JOEL RANSBOTTOMMajor · May 12, 1968
- FREDERICK DALE RICKELSPrivate · May 12, 1968
- GREGORY ARNOLD RINDYPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD KEITH BAKKIEPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 29
- ROBERT MELVIN FLETCHERSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 1
- CHARLES DUDLEY DORMANCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 2
- CHARLES WALTER HARBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 4
- JONATHAN HENDERSONSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 4
- JOHN ELDEN LAIPPLESergeant · Panel 59E, Line 6
- RICHARD LEE LOHSEPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 7
- WILLIAM PATECorporal · Panel 59E, Line 10
- RICHARD WILLIAM VANBLARCOMSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 14
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.