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CHARLES RICHARD ALLEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 6, 1944 – January 1, 1966
Service recordCharles Richard Allen, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 1, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 47
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 6, 1944
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1966; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 47
- ROBERT MICHAEL SWEENEYMajor · December 31, 1965
- EMIL JEROME TADEVICHCorporal · December 31, 1965
- LOUIS BELL TWINN SRSergeant First Class · December 31, 1965
- ALVIN RICHARD WOODS JRWarrant Officer 1 · December 31, 1965
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.