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JOHN WILLIS ALLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 5, 1945 – July 15, 1967
Service recordJohn Willis Allen, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 72
- JAMES HERBERT SPENCERPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- PETER CHARLES SYINTSAKOSSergeant · July 14, 1967
- ELBERT THOMAS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- TERRY DANE ALSUPPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAN WILLIE ARCHER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 73
- ARMANDO VILLAPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 79
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.