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MARK ERWIN ALLEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 15, 1952 – January 26, 1972
Service recordMark Erwin Allen, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 101
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 15, 1952
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1972
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 101
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CRANE IIPrivate First Class · January 27, 1972
- EDWARD EUGENE TAYLORStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1972
- LAWRENCE MCFIE OXX JRFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 1972
- PANORMITIS STAVLASFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 1972
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 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.