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GARY CHARLES ALLEN
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
December 22, 1945 – March 4, 1966
Service recordGary Charles Allen, of Pleasant Hill, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 4, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 97
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Pleasant Hill, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1966; 42 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 97
- WILLIAM JONES JRPrivate First Class · March 3, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- CHARLES WAYNE RADERLance Corporal · March 3, 1966
- DENNIS LEE TALKINGTONLance Corporal · March 3, 1966
From Pleasant Hill
- ROBERT LEE GREERStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1964
- BARNEY EVANS BOYERCorporal · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN RILEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- STEPHEN DONALD BARTELSCorporal · November 9, 1967
- GREGORY ELLIS COXSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- PAUL PHILLIP SONSTEINSpecialist Four · February 21, 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.