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OTIS LEE ALLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 2, 1948 – May 26, 1968
Service recordOtis Lee Allen, of Steele, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 67W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67W · Line 8
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Steele, Missouri (Pemiscot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; 33 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 67W, Line 8
- WILLIAM DEAN WILSONCorporal · May 25, 1968
- BERNARD FRANCIS YARBINITZPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD ZESKEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- EVERAL FLOYD AVEYPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1968
From Steele
- EDWARD SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1969
- JOE ROSCOE BOSWELLStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
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.