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DAN STEVEN ALLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 20, 1948 – August 21, 1966
Service recordDan Steven Allen, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 21, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 24
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- January 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 24
- THOMAS ARTHUR BLANEYPrivate First Class · August 21, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES REED JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 21, 1966
- MATTHEW JOHN KRISTPetty Officer Third Class · August 21, 1966
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
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.