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ROBERT CLYDE ALLEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 4, 1943 – February 27, 1967
Service recordRobert Clyde Allen, of Pineville, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Pineville, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 103
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- BOBBY JOHN BARCENASpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD CACIOPPOPrivate First Class · February 27, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN CARLEYFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RAY HUBBARDSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 105
- TEDDY WAYNE STEELMANSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 106
- ARTHUR CLARENCE SISCO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 109
From Pineville
- R V EDWARDSLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- GENE JOSEPH WHEATPetty Officer Second Class · February 22, 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.