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EDDIE HUGH ALLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 25, 1947 – May 27, 1968
Service recordEddie Hugh Allen, of Waxahachie, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Waxahachie, Texas (Ellis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 3
- JERRY LEONARD WILLIAMSPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1968
- WILLIAM OTHELLO ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- JESSE JAMES ARMWOODSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- ROLLIN RANDOLPH AUSTINCorporal · May 27, 1968
From Waxahachie
- JODY MAC LANGLEYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1967
- MICHAEL FINNIE BURLESONLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- NICHOLAS ESPARZA JRCorporal · April 20, 1969
- ROY LEE HAMMONDSCorporal · January 4, 1970
- SYLVESTER C MARTINEZSergeant · June 15, 1971
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.