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CHARLES DELMAR ALLEN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 4, 1947 – May 26, 1967
Service recordCharles Delmar Allen JR, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 109
- ROBERT JAMES WHITEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD WISHAMPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- ANDREW SAMUEL WRIGHTPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM ANTHONY BELANDPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DOMENICO CACCIOLASpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 110
- ROBERT HUGHESTON CHANDLERSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 111
- WILLIAM L DORNBERGH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 113
- DAVID ROY CUSHINGSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 114
- EDWARD STEPHAN FISHERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 114
- ALAN JAMES RUDDELLSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 124
- LOREN CLEVELAND SURLESPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 126
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.