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GERALD WILLIAM ALLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 12, 1946 – February 24, 1968
Service recordGerald William Allen, of Sidney, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Sidney, New York (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 6
- EUGENE CHARLES WIREGunnery Sergeant · February 23, 1968
- CARLOS CRUZ AGUIRRELance Corporal · February 24, 1968
- JOHN THERON BECKPrivate · February 24, 1968
- ANTON D BLOEMHARDFirst Lieutenant · February 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NED RAYBURN BROWNSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 7
- FELIPE CANTU JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 7
- ARTHUR CRESPINSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 7
- WALTER DANIEL FAITHPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 8
- BROADUS DALE HILYERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 8
- FRANK JESSE WOLFECorporal · Panel 41E, Line 9
- DAVID G LUPIENSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 11
- CARL J REIDStaff Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 12
- JIMMIE DALE WHITLOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 14
- JAMES LOUIS ZYPHSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 15
From Sidney
- JIMIE DALE DUTCHERPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
- RONALD STEPHEN ROSSINISecond Lieutenant · April 10, 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.