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LEONARD PETER ALLEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 6, 1950 – November 14, 1970
Service recordLeonard Peter Allen, of Ft Ann, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1970, in Laos, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Ft Ann, New York (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1970. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 58
- DONALD LYNN VALENTINESergeant · November 13, 1970
- DAVID IRVIN WRIGHTMajor · November 13, 1970
- CHARLES HENRY ADAMSSpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
- PAUL THOMAS COESergeant · November 14, 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.