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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Angus W McAllister JR.

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ANGUS W MCALLISTER JR

Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army

November 27, 1946 – February 24, 1969

Service record

Angus W McAllister JR, of Biloxi, Mississippi, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 31W · Line 38

Position of Panel 31W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
Unit (as recorded)
AMERICAL DIV
Born
November 27, 1946
Home of record
Biloxi, Mississippi (Harrison County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 24, 1969
Age
22
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 31W, Line 38

Same unit, same day

From Biloxi

All 13 names from Biloxi →

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.