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JOHN LEE ALLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 24, 1945 – August 6, 1969
Service recordJohn Lee Allen, of Smithville, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Smithville, Missouri (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 99
- RONALD HUBERT STGERMAINECorporal · August 5, 1969
- DAVID MARTIN SWANPrivate First Class · August 5, 1969
- JOHN HARLAN SWEETFirst Lieutenant · August 5, 1969
- DAVID HENRY WILSON IISpecialist Four · August 5, 1969
From Smithville
- WILLIAM DAVID HEADRICKPrivate First Class · June 20, 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.