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DEAN BROOKS ALLEN

First Lieutenant · U.S. Army

December 14, 1941 – July 18, 1969

Service record

Dean Brooks Allen, of Delmar, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 20W · Line 13

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Service

Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: First Lieutenant (1LT)
Service: Reserve / National Guard
Occupation: Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
Unit (as recorded): 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
Born: December 14, 1941
Home of record: Delmar, New York (Albany County)

Casualty

Date of death: July 18, 1969
Age: 27
Province: Binh Long
Country: South Vietnam
Casualty type: Hostile
Category: Died of Wounds
Circumstance: Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

20 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.

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On the Wall

Remembered on July 18

Elsewhere

Also on Panel 20W, Line 13

KEM L WALLACESpecialist Four · July 17, 1969
HERBERT FRANKLIN AMRHEINSergeant · July 18, 1969
MARVIN LEE DIPERTPrivate First Class · July 18, 1969
DOUGLAS STANLEY DRESSENSergeant · July 18, 1969

Same unit, same day

RODNEY JOHN EVANSSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 14
THOMAS JOSEPH MARTINOSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 15
HENRY ONEIL WILHOITEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 16

From Delmar

ROBERT WILLIAM ABBOTTMajor · December 17, 1965
HENRY IRVING KLEIN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1966
RICHARD ABBOTT KIBBEYColonel · February 6, 1967

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.