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JOHN FRANKLIN ALLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 17, 1950 – March 19, 1969
Service recordJohn Franklin Allen, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 76
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Fire Control Man (0844)
- Born
- November 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Bowling Green, Kentucky (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 76
- BARRY WAYNE MURTAUGHStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- BRAD DONALD CHRISSSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- MILAM EDWARD CLOUDPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- DENNIS FLOYD ELLISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- TERRY ROBERT MONIASpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
From Bowling Green
- JOHN WILLIAM MILLERLance Corporal · October 8, 1966
- BOBBY LEE HAYESStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1967
- LARRY CLAY DYELance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- LEON JERRY SHRUMSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- ROGER DALE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- JEFFREY WALLACE GREENFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD SWEATTPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBERTSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- SHERRILL NEWTON HERALDSergeant · October 4, 1968
- PAUL ELLIS GARRETTLieutenant Colonel · March 8, 1969
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.