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DAVID JAY ALLINSON
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
September 17, 1932 – August 12, 1966
Service recordDavid Jay Allinson, of Helena, Montana, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on August 12, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · 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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 354 TFS TAKHLI AB
- Born
- September 17, 1932
- Home of record
- Helena, Montana (Lewis And Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 12, 1966
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9E, Line 129
- JAMES WRIGHTCorporal · August 11, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- JOSEPH BERKLEY CROWDERCorporal · August 12, 1966
- ROBERT ORLIFF DAVISPrivate First Class · August 12, 1966
From Helena
- JOHN ROBERT URBANWarrant Officer 1 · February 9, 1965
- JACK ISHUM DEMPSEYPetty Officer Second Class · June 17, 1966
- BRUCE BURTON BACKEBERGPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- JAMES LEO DARCYWarrant Officer 1 · April 6, 1967
- EDWARD ROY FRANK SRLieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT VIRTUS TILLOTSONPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- GEORGE ROLAN ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL GROSESergeant · February 25, 1969
- JON RAY SUMMERSGunnery Sergeant · May 20, 1969
- RICHARD HURRELL STUBEFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1970
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.