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BILLIE ALVIN ALLEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 8, 1947 – November 2, 1966
Service recordBillie Alvin Allen, of Prentiss, Mississippi, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 2, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 9
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Prentiss, Mississippi (Jefferson Davis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 9
- GEORGE ROBERT WEAVER JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1966
- JERRY PAUL WITTSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- RANDY BLAKE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD BROWN JRFirst Lieutenant · November 2, 1966
From Prentiss
- JAMES ALBERT MORRIS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 1968
- ALEXANDER A S PEOPLESSergeant · February 8, 1969
- JAMES EARL WEATHERSBYPrivate First Class · January 27, 1971
- MARVIN LOUIS HALLSpecialist Four · February 25, 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.