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HARRISON CHARLES ALLEN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 10, 1948 – February 14, 1968
Service recordHarrison Charles Allen JR, of Springfield, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Springfield, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 64
- JOHN EDWARD ISHMANSergeant · February 22, 1968
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- JON ALBERT JULIASergeant · February 22, 1968
- JAMES ANTHONY KOCHPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- KENNETH WAYNE ROCHESergeant · February 22, 1968
From Springfield
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL JOYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM DEAN MARTINLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
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.