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DENNIS WAYNE ALLEN
Seaman · U.S. Navy
October 18, 1947 – July 10, 1968
Service recordDennis Wayne Allen, of Milford, Illinois, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 11
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- October 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Milford, Illinois (Iroquois County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 11
- JAMES T MCCONNELL IIIPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- DOUGLAS SCALESPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- PHILIP GLENN SPENCERSpecialist Four · July 10, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT STOCKDALESpecialist Five · July 10, 1968
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.