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JAMES KENNETH ALLES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 21, 1945 – May 11, 1968
Service recordJames Kenneth Alles, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 18
- ROGER ZIMMERMANStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1968
- JERRY LYNN ANDREWSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1968
- SAMUEL KENT CULBERTSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- PATRICK VINCEN FITZGERALDPrivate First Class · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GILBERT COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 19
- FLOYD CLARK BAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 20
- JAMES STEWART HAYCaptain · Panel 58E, Line 22
- JAMES WALLACE HILL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 22
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.