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MICHAEL JOHN ALLARD
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
September 12, 1940 – August 30, 1967
Service recordMichael John Allard, of Schofield, Wisconsin, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 30, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 67
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 153 USS CORAL SEA CVA 43
- Born
- September 12, 1940
- Home of record
- Schofield, Wisconsin (Marathon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 67
- TOM JAY BAGENSTOSEPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- JOHN SHELBY BURFORDMajor · August 30, 1967
- FARRELL RICHARD CAREWSergeant · August 30, 1967
- DOUGLAS COATSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
From Schofield
- MARVIN DAVID KOSTROSKIPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- JACK HAROLD HARRISCommander · October 26, 1966
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.