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JERRY JOE ALLEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 30, 1947 – June 19, 1970
Service recordJerry Joe Allen, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 67
- FRANCIS RAY ADDISSpecialist Four · June 19, 1970
- GORDON GUY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1970
- WILLIAM PRESCOTT ARTHURCorporal · June 19, 1970
- JOHN RODMAN BLOSCHICHAKLance Corporal · June 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EDWARD LAYFIELDSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 69
- ROBERT FRANKLIN STEELESergeant · Panel 9W, Line 70
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.