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FREDERICK ALLEN ALLMEYER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 12, 1948 – June 6, 1969
Service recordFrederick Allen Allmeyer, of Chester, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 81
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Chester, Illinois (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 81
- NORMAN GENE WELCHPlatoon Sergeant · June 5, 1969
- MILFORD HOMER WENSELCorporal · June 5, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH WILLIAMSCorporal · June 5, 1969
- LUKE JUNIOR AZLINSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
From Chester
- CHARLES WAYNE RADERLance Corporal · March 3, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD COWELLPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- KENNETH CHARLES FRAZERSergeant · September 9, 1968
- BRUCE RICHARD WELGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1969
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.