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ALLEN WAYNE ALLUMS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 20, 1947 – May 6, 1969
Service recordAllen Wayne Allums, of Enterprise, Alabama, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 8
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Enterprise, Alabama (Coffee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 8
- LOUIS SOLIVANSergeant First Class · May 5, 1969
- JOHN WALLACE STEWARTCorporal · May 5, 1969
- DONALD THOMAS TAYLORSpecialist Five · May 5, 1969
- JAMES LEROY WASHINGTON SRSergeant · May 5, 1969
From Enterprise
- BILLY GENE HAMMERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 12, 1965
- JAMES ROWE STEPHENSSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- JOHN HENRY JONESPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSEL PHILLIPSLieutenant Colonel · February 3, 1967
- GUY ALBERT BYRDSergeant First Class · April 5, 1967
- WILLIAM TERRY ALLENFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1967
- LYTELL B CHRISTIANStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1968
- RONALD ISAAC CRODYStaff Sergeant · January 17, 1969
- GREEN EDWARD MILLER JRStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1970
- JAMES RICHARD LAYTONSergeant · July 22, 1972
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.