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EDWIN CHARLES ALLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1950 – July 14, 1969
Service recordEdwin Charles Allen, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 115
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 115
- DAVID EARL YATESFirst Lieutenant · July 13, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVID ALBERTPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID BRASIERSergeant · July 14, 1969
- ERNEST DOOM BURNSChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 14, 1969
- MICHAEL GENE FREYPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PETER AUGUST DROUHARDSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 117
- JUAN MANUEL RAMOSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 120
- ELDON LEE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 120
- JOE IGNACIO RODRIGUEZSecond Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 120
- RICHARD JAY SCHOONVELDPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 120
- LARRY LESTER TECHMEIRSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 121
- RONALD GENE THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 121
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.