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KENNETH ALLEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 8, 1945 – December 28, 1967
Service recordKenneth Allen, of Berea, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 84
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Berea, Kentucky (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 84
- STEPHEN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- PATRICK EMMETT ANGLIMLance Corporal · December 28, 1967
- MICHAEL EVAN ANTILLPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- ROBERT LEE BOYERCorporal · December 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP NICK GANDOLFOSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 87
From Berea
- MARCUS DELMAR WHITESpecialist Four · February 11, 1967
- ROBERT GLENN GALLOWAYSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- HUGH MCNEIL BYRD JRCaptain · January 9, 1969
- DAVID EUGENE BUTTRYPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- CHARLES HOWARD RICHIEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1971
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.