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RONALD JOSEPH ALLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 21, 1948 – February 28, 1969
Service recordRonald Joseph Allen, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 87
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1948
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 87
- RONALD PETER YUHASPetty Officer Third Class · February 27, 1969
- LYLE DAVID ZACHERPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL ADAMSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- MARVIN DONALD BARNESStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- IRWIN BEYDASergeant · Panel 31W, Line 88
- JOSE CRESPOPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 90
- BURT JOSEPH MEYER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 95
- STEVE MIRICK JRPrivate · Panel 31W, Line 95
- JOE BEN STUART JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 96
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.