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DONALD RAY ALLEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 12, 1948 – April 19, 1968
Service recordDonald Ray Allen, of San Benito, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 44
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- October 12, 1948
- Home of record
- San Benito, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 44
- LEE CHESTER ADAMSPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- WILLIAM ADAMS JRCorporal · April 19, 1968
- CHARLES C BEARDPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- DOUGLAS RANDOLPH BLODGETTStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1968
From San Benito
- ROBERT ARNOLD CORKILLLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- ANTONIO MORADOPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- RODOLFO VILLAFRANCOSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
- SIGIFREDO MONTALVO JRSpecialist Five · May 7, 1968
- ALBERTO L PEREZPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- ROSS OWEN BARLOWChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 20, 1968
- ANTONIO HERNANDEZCorporal · July 17, 1968
- TIMOTEO MUNOZ SANTIAGO JRCorporal · November 5, 1968
- ROLANDO G VILLARREALStaff Sergeant · March 16, 1969
- JULIAN ROBLES RODRIGUEZSergeant · January 6, 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.