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RICHARD LEE ALLEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 12, 1945 – February 7, 1969
Service recordRichard Lee Allen, of Farmington, New Mexico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 75
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 86 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- June 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Farmington, New Mexico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 75
- CHARLES JUNIOR SWINTSergeant · February 6, 1969
- RODNEY DALE WISESpecialist Four · February 6, 1969
- ERNEST E BARTOLINA JRCaptain · February 7, 1969
- CHARLES BEDFORDSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
From Farmington
- CURTIS H RANSDELLSergeant · July 7, 1966
- LEO KEITH THORNTONSergeant · August 27, 1966
- MICHAEL JOE KRUGSergeant · September 30, 1967
- BILLIE JAMESSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- RICHARD DWAYNE FAIRCLOTHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- JAMES GARLAND SANDERSSpecialist Five · October 25, 1968
- FILEMON SERRANOPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- DENNIS ALAN WILLIAMSPrivate · March 24, 1969
- HERBERT ARVISOSergeant · October 26, 1969
- RICHARD WAYNE MEHLHAFFPrivate · May 22, 1970
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.