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LARRY DEAN ALLEN
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
August 26, 1939 – January 2, 1967
Service recordLarry Dean Allen, of Yuma, Colorado, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 2, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 107
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- August 26, 1939
- Home of record
- Yuma, Colorado (Yuma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 107
- MICHAEL D CANNADAYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1967
- GEORGE S PHENNEYStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1967
- CHARLES LEROY RAIFORD JRPrivate First Class · January 1, 1967
- MAJOR ROY DALTON JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 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.