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DAVID MARTIN ALLEN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 15, 1950 – October 10, 1970
Service recordDavid Martin Allen, of Warner Robins, Georgia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 122
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Warner Robins, Georgia (Houston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 122
- DALLAS ALAN DRIVERSergeant · October 9, 1969
- JIMMY RAY GARBETTSergeant · October 9, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT BAILEYChief Warrant Officer 4 · October 10, 1970
- EDWARD BERNARD IWASKOSergeant · October 10, 1970
From Warner Robins
- HARRY MOSS KITCHENSStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- ALTON JIMMY FENNELLPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- HAROLD TOMPKINSPetty Officer First Class · April 10, 1968
- ANTHONY GORDON CHANDLERPetty Officer Second Class · June 16, 1968
- ALVIN MAYNARD SLATONCorporal · March 5, 1969
- WAYNE YEARWOOD STEWARTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- DAVID EUGENE BRYANTSergeant · October 19, 1970
- DAVID LEE WAGNERTechnical Sergeant · May 17, 1972
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.