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HENRY GERHARDT ALLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 6, 1949 – November 24, 1969
Service recordHenry Gerhardt Allen, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 113
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 113
- MICHAEL JOHN POLLSpecialist Five · November 23, 1969
- ROY MILES STILWELLWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 1969
- ALFRED LEE TURNERStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH ADDUCISpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.