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CHARLES DAVID ALLEN JR
Captain · U.S. Army
January 26, 1947 – March 16, 1971
Service recordCharles David Allen JR, of Killeen, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 53
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Killeen, Texas (Bell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 53
- DUANE GEORGE HOWELLCorporal · March 16, 1971
- ROBERT EDGAR RATAJCZAKSpecialist Four · March 16, 1971
- EDMUND EDWARD ROBERGESergeant First Class · March 16, 1971
- RAYMOND JOSEPH SAATHOFFLance Corporal · March 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GARY JAMES FUQUASpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 52
- LOYD VAN MCCARTHY JRCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 52
From Killeen
- CHARLES PIERCE SPARKSPrivate First Class · October 24, 1964
- NORMAN COLUMBUS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
- ALBERT EDWARD SOMBELONStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- ARTHUR CECILIO AGUIRREStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1967
- ROY ROBERT BOOTHSpecialist Four · May 27, 1967
- LAMAR HAYES TEMPLECorporal · August 16, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE MAURERSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- THOMAS G BERNARDYSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- FLOYD BROWN SPENCER JRMajor · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT OLIVER WELLSSergeant · March 26, 1969
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.