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EARNEST ALLEN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 17, 1943 – August 26, 1969
Service recordEarnest Allen JR, of Houston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 116
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 116
- RICHARD POWELL SHELTONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1969
- JAMES STINGLEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1969
- ALAN PETER STRAZZANTISergeant · August 25, 1969
- GAETAN JEAN GUY BEAUDOINSergeant · August 26, 1969
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.