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DONALD WILLIAM ALLEN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 14, 1947 – February 2, 1968
Service recordDonald William Allen JR, of Waterford, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Waterford, Wisconsin (Racine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 64
- CHARLES LEROY ADKINSSergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- KENNETH JOHN AINSWORTHSpecialist Five · February 2, 1968
- RODNEY ARTHUR ALFANOFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES ANGUSSergeant · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LEROY ADKINSSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 64
- DONALD DAWSON BURNHAMLieutenant Colonel · Panel 36E, Line 67
- LARRY MONROE CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 68
- PAUL RAYMOND COLLETT JRCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 68
- JOHN MYRON DASHNAWPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 69
- RICHARD EUGENE ENGLEPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 70
- RUSSELL RAY FLESHERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 70
- HORACE GILBERT GIDDENS JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36E, Line 71
- JOHN FREDERICK KUIPERPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 76
- KENNETH JAMES PATTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 81
- JOE HAROLD PRINGLESergeant Major · Panel 36E, Line 82
- JOSEPH DAVID PUGGISergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 83
- ROGER LLOYD SCHNEIDERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36E, Line 85
From Waterford
- DENNIS DAVID RUTOWSKIPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
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.