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KEITH WESLEY ALLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 21, 1947 – October 15, 1967
Service recordKeith Wesley Allen, of Athens, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 7
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Athens, Texas (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 7
- ERLE LAWRENCE BJORKECaptain · October 15, 1967
- JAIME CAMBRELENPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- FRANKLIN LEE CAREYCorporal · October 15, 1967
- WAYNE A PODLESNIKPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAIME CAMBRELENPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 7
- RALPH PAUL COSTANZOSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 8
- FRANK APPERSON PRICE IIISergeant · Panel 28E, Line 11
From Athens
- EDWARD MERLE JACKSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- GARY WAYNE EVERETTPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD BROOKSPetty Officer First Class · March 8, 1970
- THOMAS STOKES POWELLCaptain · April 19, 1972
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.