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LARRIE CORNELIUS ALLEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 22, 1948 – August 22, 1970
Service recordLarrie Cornelius Allen, of Jackson, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 128
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Communitions Chief (31G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Jackson, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 128
- LARRY WILLIAM MCCOYPrivate First Class · August 21, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD MCLEISHCaptain · August 21, 1970
- DEAN MICHAEL WIEGANDSergeant · August 21, 1970
- DAVID WAYNE YOUNGBLOODCorporal · August 21, 1970
From Jackson
- MICHAEL MILTON MEDLEYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DANIEL JOSEPH PIOTROWSKILance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- THOMAS LEE KEIRNSCorporal · July 29, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD BOWENWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EFREN GRENNAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE FRACKERLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
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.