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PAUL JAMES ALLEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 12, 1946 – April 11, 1968
Service recordPaul James Allen, of Rochester, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 18
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Rochester, Minnesota (Olmsted County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 18
- RONALD JOSEPH WOJTKIEWICZFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1968
- ROBERT NORMAN WRIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · April 10, 1968
- STANLEY ZALEWSKI JRCorporal · April 10, 1968
- FRANK PAUL ADDICEHospitalman · April 11, 1968
From Rochester
- DOUGLAS DEWEY WALLINPrivate First Class · August 26, 1967
- DAVID W MILDESecond Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- PAUL WARREN PAINELieutenant Commander · May 7, 1968
- BYRL WILLIAM GAERTNERLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- DONNIE ADELBERT GEERDESLance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- LOUIS JAMES SKANSONPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM WATSONPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
- DAVID ALLAN WEBERSergeant · March 25, 1969
- RONNIE GENE KLOMSTADSeaman · May 24, 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.