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RICHARD JAMES ALLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 7, 1949 – May 17, 1968
Service recordRichard James Allen, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 22
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
- February 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 15 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 61E, Line 22
- FRANKLIN VANCE ANDERSONWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1968
- WILLIAM NOVAK AREYCorporal · May 17, 1968
- JAMES ANTHONY ASHFORDLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- ROBERT LOUIS BAUERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 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.