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JAMES OTIS ALLEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 28, 1938 – February 20, 1966
Service recordJames Otis Allen, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 28, 1938
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 53
- JERRY DEAN STEWARTSergeant · February 19, 1966
- DOUGLAS JOHN WADEPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
- ARFIEN CLIFFORD ALISpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- THOMAS MANUEL DILLARDSpecialist Five · February 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MANUEL DILLARDSpecialist Five · Panel 5E, Line 53
- EMMITT COLON ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 54
- WILLIAM A DAVISON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 54
- RICHARD ANTHONY FILLIATORMaster Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 54
- RAYMOND SYLVESTER FORDSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 55
- JERRY BRUCE HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 55
- VICTOR JOSEPH KOHLBECKSergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 55
- JOHN EDWARD KERNSSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 56
- JEROME LOMAC MCCORMICKPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 56
- PEDRO SANTOS-PINEDOPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 57
- LARRY DOUGLAS STICEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 57
- RAYMOND D WEIANDSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 57
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.