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DANNY RAY ALLEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 2, 1951 – March 16, 1970
Service recordDanny Ray Allen, of Gulfport, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Gulfport, Mississippi (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 2
- WILLIAM THOMAS VOHRINGERStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1970
- ROBERT ABBOTT WOODStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1970
- ROBERT FRANCIS YOUNGChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 15, 1970
- HARVEY CHADWICK K AIAULieutenant Commander · March 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FERNANDO DELA CRUZStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 4
- ROBERT RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 9
- FORREST DARRYL SUMTERCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 11
From Gulfport
- HOWARD RUDOLPH CODYCaptain · November 24, 1963
- MELVIN TYRONE HUNTERSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- RICHARD TERRY SMITHSeaman · July 29, 1967
- CLARENCE EARL DRAKESCorporal · September 4, 1967
- SAMUEL M DAVISSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 15, 1967
- WILLIAM GILBERT WILKINSONChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 16, 1967
- JOE LOUIS JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- TAYLOR W FOREMAN JRStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1968
- TERRY NEIL THOMPSONFireman · April 29, 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.