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ANDREW AUGUSTUS ALLEN III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 10, 1945 – February 26, 1968
Service recordAndrew Augustus Allen III, of Galveston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Galveston, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 34
- BARRY MILTON WOPINSKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- MICHAEL CHARLES ZELLERSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- WILLIAM ERNEST ADAMSSergeant · February 26, 1968
- ROY ALLENCorporal · February 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROY ALLENCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 34
- JAMES EDWARD DEESE JRCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 37
- GARFIELD EVANSSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 37
- WAYNE B PLATTSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 42
- ALVIN RAY BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 45
- RICHARD JAMES WILTSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 46
From Galveston
- HERMAN WILLIAM SILVEEPrivate First Class · August 1, 1965
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- WALTER MULLER JRSergeant · August 12, 1966
- FELIX RICO RAMOS JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1966
- RICHARD ALAN NANCEAirman First Class · October 25, 1966
- MARION LEE KEMPNERSecond Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- GREGORY C CLEMENTCaptain · February 23, 1967
- ARMANDO GALLARDOCorporal · April 24, 1967
- FRANK HENRY BERAN IIILance Corporal · May 20, 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.