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ALLEN WAYNE OREM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 7, 1944 – September 5, 1968
Service recordAllen Wayne Orem, of Arcadia, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 43
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Arcadia, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 43
- THOMAS LANEPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- BOBBY JACK PAPPANSergeant · September 5, 1968
- HERMAN PARKER JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- JERALD PAUL PERETIATKOPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLEE ANDREW KIRKENDOLLPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 42
- DAVID ALAN REEDPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 44
- MICHAEL DALE WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 46
- ROBERT JOSEPH WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 47
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.