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GARY ALLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 6, 1949 – April 26, 1969
Service recordGary Allen, of Wynnewood, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 51
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- April 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Wynnewood, Oklahoma (Garvin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 51
- THOMAS GORDON STONGESpecialist Four · April 25, 1969
- RONALD BRYSON VANNFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1969
- DAVID WARREN WATSONCaptain · April 25, 1969
- DELVIN KEITH WILSONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
From Wynnewood
- ROSCOE WRIGHT JRCorporal · December 27, 1966
- JIMMY CHARLES NEWFIELDLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
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.