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BOBBY KENNETH ALLEN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 18, 1948 – January 15, 1968
Service recordBobby Kenneth Allen, of Jonesboro, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 51
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Jonesboro, Illinois (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 51
- STEPHEN PETER BARKERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- HARRY JAMES BOSTONSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- BRIAN THOMAS CADYSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH WALTER DUDEKPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 52
- HENRY WILLIAM GORMANSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 52
- GARY HOWARD GRUBBSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 53
- BERT HOWARD HINSONMaster Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 53
- MICHAEL JOHN RYANSpecialist Five · Panel 34E, Line 55
From Jonesboro
- JOHN M BRIMMSergeant · January 3, 1968
- HAROLD E STANTONStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1968
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.