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REX THOMAS ALLEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 21, 1951 – August 26, 1970
Service recordRex Thomas Allen, of Lancaster, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 7
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Lancaster, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 7
- JOSEPH ANTHONY CARINCILance Corporal · August 25, 1970
- JERRY MELTON STILLCorporal · August 25, 1970
- JERROLD LOUIS VESEYSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- MICHAEL EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · August 25, 1970
- WILLIAM ANDERSON JRSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KEVIN EARL BONJOURPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 8
From Lancaster
- KENNETH WARD PUGHSenior Chief Petty Officer · April 12, 1966
- MARK ANDREW FERGUSONLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- ROGER LEE EPLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- ROBERT THEODORE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- KENNETH DEAN FRAKESSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY ALAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL DALE COCHRANCaptain · November 7, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN JACOBSCorporal · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN PRITCHARDLieutenant Commander · May 6, 1968
- JAMES LESTER JONESPrivate · November 20, 1968
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.