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JON ANTHONY ALLEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 21, 1946 – November 26, 1969
Service recordJon Anthony Allen, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 123
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 123
- ROGER BERNARD SCHAEFERSpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
- EARL MICHAEL STANFORDSpecialist Five · November 25, 1969
- HECTOR VILLEGAS-VILASpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
- MARVIN ALDRID VOELKER JRPrivate First Class · November 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR JOHN RAMBOStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 126
- BARRY FRANK SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 126
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
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.