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LARRY HUGH ALLEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 2, 1947 – September 18, 1968
Service recordLarry Hugh Allen, of San Diego, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 24
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1947
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 24
- PHILIP EDWARD ZELESKICorporal · September 17, 1968
- RONALD WALTER ZYDELPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD BARTELLSpecialist Four · September 18, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES BECKLance Corporal · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WALTER HENRY FENNELLPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 27
- ISAAC TAGGARTSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 31
- DENNIS EDWARD WITKOWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 32
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.