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DARRELL GENE ALLISON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 12, 1951 – February 12, 1970
Service recordDarrell Gene Allison, of Byron, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 129
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 12, 1951
- Home of record
- Byron, New York (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1970; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 129
- LAWRENCE PERCELL WALKERSpecialist Four · February 11, 1970
- PERCILL BATTSLance Corporal · February 12, 1970
- KENNETH DEAN BOSTONPrivate First Class · February 12, 1970
- ROBERT SAMUEL BRADSHAW IIIFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY HOWARD MORFORDSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 2
- MARK ALAN STRAUBPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 4
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.