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JERRY L ALLEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 27, 1947 – August 21, 1967
Service recordJerry L Allen, of Norfolk, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 21
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Nebraska (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 21
- DARRELL LEE REIDSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- GARRY GLENN TALLENTLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- RICHARD GARY THIBAULTSpecialist Five · August 20, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
From Norfolk
- DENNIS WILLIAM ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1966
- THOMAS EDWIN SCHEURICHCommander · March 1, 1968
- JEROLD WERNER MEISINGERSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- JEROME DEE CHANDLERSergeant · November 27, 1968
- CLAUDE RICHARD VANANDELSergeant · May 27, 1969
- ROGER LEE HUNDTSergeant · December 3, 1969
- STEVEN DREW STRUBESpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
- MICHAEL LYNN WEMHOFFPrivate First Class · April 16, 1971
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.