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ROBERT WARREN ALLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 5, 1947 – October 3, 1965
Service recordRobert Warren Allen, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 3, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 17. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 103
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- October 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1965
- Age
- 17
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1965; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 103
- NELTON RAYMOND BRYANTSergeant · October 3, 1965
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- MICHAEL RAYMOND FULKPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- PAUL HAMILTON JRSergeant · October 3, 1965
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
- CLARENCE WILLIAM HOWARDLance Corporal · January 31, 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.