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GUS ALLEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 12, 1944 – July 23, 1970
Service recordGus Allen, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 45
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 45
- KENNETH WESLEY SLAUGHTERFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1970
- LAUREN WALTER STANDRINGFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1970
- DANIEL JOSEPH TURCOTTEChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 22, 1970
- DERREL KEITH DICKEYSergeant · July 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ANDRE CAVARO LUCASLieutenant Colonel · Panel 8W, Line 46
- KENNETH PAUL TANNERMajor · Panel 8W, Line 47
- WILFRED WESLEY WARNER JRSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 47
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.