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EDWARD JAMES ALLEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 26, 1948 – May 16, 1968
Service recordEdward James Allen, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 6
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 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
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; 11 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 61E, Line 6
- FORREST LAWAYNE BARTRAMPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- LOUIS LLOYD BRADLEY JRSergeant · May 16, 1968
- MARVIN A J BULLOCKLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- EARL ROSEMOND BURNLEY JRHospitalman · May 16, 1968
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
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.