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JAMES SAMUEL ALLISON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 26, 1947 – October 31, 1968
Service recordJames Samuel Allison, of Lubbock, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 60
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Lubbock, Texas (Lubbock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 60
- LARRY EDWARD SCHWARZPrivate First Class · October 30, 1968
- MARLIN LYNN SIEGWALTCaptain · October 30, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE TURNERCorporal · October 30, 1968
- DAVID FRANK WORKMANPrivate First Class · October 30, 1968
From Lubbock
- CHARLES DON WITTLieutenant · May 24, 1967
- WAYLEN LEE POWELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- JACK ALBERT BERRYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOE LOVATO JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- JOSE LOUIS MORENOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- WADE E THACKREY JRCorporal · February 15, 1968
- FREDRIC CECIL MCCASKILLPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- CLIFFORD WAYNE FIESZELLieutenant Colonel · September 30, 1968
- RAYMOND MARSHALL TANNERSpecialist Five · October 27, 1968
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.