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GARY LEE ALLEN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 9, 1937 – May 12, 1968
Service recordGary Lee Allen, of Lynn Haven, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 29
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 9, 1937
- Home of record
- Lynn Haven, Florida (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 29
- STEVEN GLENN ABBOTTFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1968
- PAUL GILBERT ALANIZ JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- MICHAEL A BAILEYCorporal · May 12, 1968
- DONALD KEITH BAKKIEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN GLENN ABBOTTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58E, Line 29
- IVY LOUIS BLAIRSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 30
- ROBERT HUGH CARROLLMajor · Panel 58E, Line 31
- LEONARD JAMES DALMANCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 1
- BENNIE DALESpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 3
- ROBERT WILLIAM GOTTHARDTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 59E, Line 3
- ARTHUR ELLIOTT NULL JRSpecialist Five · Panel 59E, Line 10
- LAWRENCE FRANK TURNERPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 14
From Lynn Haven
- RICHARD GALE MANGRUMLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- ROBERT RALPH SIZEMORE JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 9, 1970
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.