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LARRY MICHAEL ALLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 20, 1951 – June 18, 1970
Service recordLarry Michael Allen, of Decatur, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 62
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 20, 1951
- Home of record
- Decatur, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 62
- RODNEY GLEN WOODSpecialist Five · June 17, 1970
- FRANK BOWENSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1970
- JOHNNY CHARLES BRISENOPrivate First Class · June 18, 1970
- PHILLIP CASTILLOSergeant · June 18, 1970
From Decatur
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- VIRGIL STANLEY JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- EARL WELDON WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATEPrivate · February 19, 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.