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HENRY LEWIS ALLEN
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 21, 1943 – March 26, 1970
Service recordHenry Lewis Allen, of Daytona Beach, Florida, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 26, 1970, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 44
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Forward Air Controller (1144E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- DET 1 56 SOW UDORN AB
- Born
- September 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Daytona Beach, Florida (Volusia County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 26, 1970
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1970. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “DET 1 56 SOW UDORN AB”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 44
- MALCOLM JEROME PICKETTPrivate First Class · March 25, 1970
- FRANK ERIC SACHARANSKIFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1970
- WILLIAM HENRY THOMAS JRLance Corporal · March 25, 1970
- JOSEPH WAKEFIELD JRSergeant · March 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD GENE ELZINGAMajor · Panel 12W, Line 45
From Daytona Beach
- DAVID WESLEY BRANCHPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- RUDI HERMANN DUSCHEKSpecialist Five · April 12, 1967
- CHARLES MILLERPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CHERRYStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
- LEEROY ELDRED PEEKSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE PRINEFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- RONALD ELMER JOHNSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1968
- RAYMOND ELLIS TIFFANYPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- TOMMY LEE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- ARTHUR WHORLOW SMITHSpecialist Five · April 22, 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.