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JOHNNY ALLEN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 2, 1947 – July 2, 1970
Service recordJohnny Allen JR, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 109
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 109
- TERRY ALAN MOTEFirst Lieutenant · July 1, 1970
- WALTER MARTIN PUCHALSKICorporal · July 1, 1970
- PAUL ARNOLD THARPCorporal · July 1, 1970
- LARRY RAY BRENNERSergeant · July 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DALE SECORSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 113
- SHERMAN PONDEXTER DAVISCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 114
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.