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JOHN DOSS ALLEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 8, 1951 – May 24, 1970
Service recordJohn Doss Allen, of Mercedes, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 88
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 8, 1951
- Home of record
- Mercedes, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 88
- CECIL CLAYTON SCHOFIELDSergeant First Class · May 23, 1970
- SHANE NUNZIO SOLDATOMajor · May 23, 1970
- WILLIAM H VAUGHT IIISergeant · May 23, 1970
- FRANK T VERLIHAY JRFirst Lieutenant · May 23, 1970
From Mercedes
- ISIDRO MARTINEZSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- PEDRO MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- TOMAS MARROQUIN JRPrivate First Class · August 11, 1966
- RODOLFO ANDRES SAENZPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- ARTURO GARCIASpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- HAROLD RAY REEVESSergeant · February 4, 1968
- GUADALUPE PRADO JRSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- EDELMIRO LEONEL GARCIA SRSpecialist Five · May 12, 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.