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MELVIN ARLEIGH ALLEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1947 – May 19, 1968
Service recordMelvin Arleigh Allen, of Lakeside, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 4
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
- September 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Lakeside, Oregon (Coos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 4
- RICHARD LOUIS AKELSergeant · May 19, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL BAKERCorporal · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM CLARENCE BALDWINCorporal · May 19, 1968
- DANNY LEE BOONESpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CLARENCE BALDWINCorporal · Panel 63E, Line 4
- JOSEPH A BODNARFirst Lieutenant · Panel 63E, Line 5
- OVERTIS HINTON JRCorporal · Panel 63E, Line 10
- GUY LEONARD JEWETTSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 11
- ALBERTO L PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 16
- JAYE ARTHUR SHARPESergeant · Panel 63E, Line 18
- ROBERT JOSEPH PALENSCARPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 19
- KENNETH RICHARD WILSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 64E, Line 2
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.