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DANIEL WEBSTER ALLEN JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 19, 1949 – March 6, 1971
Service recordDaniel Webster Allen JR, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 26
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1971; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 26
- BARRY MERCER STRAWCaptain · March 5, 1971
- JAMES CALVIN TUBB JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1971
- RALPH LELAND WARDCaptain · March 5, 1971
- GEORGE CLINGER BASSFirst Lieutenant · March 6, 1971
- EDWARD PILLOW COOPERLieutenant (junior grade) · December 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RONALD THOMAS HOFFMANSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 28
- KENNETH HAROLD JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 28
- TERRY LEE MCCLANAHANSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 29
- HARVEY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 30
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.