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MICHAEL GEORGE ALLENDORF
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 2, 1948 – March 11, 1969
Service recordMichael George Allendorf, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 3
- ALLAN DAVID MORTENSENSergeant · March 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN STEDLSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- CECIL WAYNE TILLMANCorporal · March 10, 1969
- DAVID BRUCE ARNOLDPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD FOWLERSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 7
- RICHARD HAROLD HAAG JRSpecialist Five · Panel 29W, Line 8
- CLARENCE LEON ROUSESergeant · Panel 29W, Line 14
- RICHARD MARTIN SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 14
- DANIEL WAYNE TINDLESpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 16
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 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.