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RAYMOND EUGENE ALLEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 23, 1947 – August 21, 1967
Service recordRaymond Eugene Allen, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 21
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 21
- DARRELL LEE REIDSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- GARRY GLENN TALLENTLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- RICHARD GARY THIBAULTSpecialist Five · August 20, 1967
- JERRY L ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE LAWRENCE CHASESpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 22
- LEROY LYNN GERBERSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 23
- ARCHIE W MORRISSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 25
- ROGER DALE ROOTSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 25
- FREDERICK HOWARD TIMSSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 26
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- ALLAN EUGENE FOLLETTSpecialist Four · December 11, 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.