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DONALD EUGENE ALLAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 14, 1948 – January 21, 1969
Service recordDonald Eugene Allan JR, of Dover, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 46
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Dover, Ohio (Tuscarawas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 46
- QUINCY HIGHTOWER TRUETTChief Petty Officer · January 20, 1969
- ARTHUR WATSONSpecialist Four · January 20, 1969
- RICHARD KING ZIMMERMANMajor · January 20, 1969
- LOUIS VICTOR ALBI JRPrivate · January 21, 1969
From Dover
- JAMES BLAIR ALEXANDER JRSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- ROGER DALE WEBERSergeant · June 6, 1968
- DANIEL KENNETH HINKELPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- TERRY LYNN HOCHSTETLERSergeant · June 11, 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.