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KENNETH RALPH MCALLISTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 21, 1947 – March 14, 1968
Service recordKenneth Ralph McAllister, of Danville, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 49
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Danville, Illinois (Vermilion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 49
- GERRY DEWAYNE MAJORLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- ERNESTO MARTINEZLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- JOHN R MEDLEYSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- TERRY LYNN MILLERSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- ERNEST W WIGLESWORTH JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 14, 1968
From Danville
- THOMAS EDWARD BROWNLieutenant (junior grade) · April 29, 1966
- WALTER PHILIP JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS ENDERBYLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- ROBERT CARL SHERMANSergeant · June 24, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM DAVISPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- PERRY DICKEN JRLance Corporal · April 11, 1968
- CECIL LAVON RENDERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- JOHN ALLEN GOLDSBERY IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- ROBERT DUANE SHIPMANStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1970
- HARRY STANLEY MASON JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 1970
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.