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ROY ALLEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 24, 1947 – February 26, 1968
Service recordRoy Allen, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 34
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Khe Sanh was under way. From 21 January 1968, North Vietnamese divisions besieged the Marine combat base at Khe Sanh and its hill outposts near the Laotian border for 77 days, while U.S. aircraft dropped some 100,000 tons of bombs around it. Operation Pegasus reached the base on 8 April. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 41E, Line 34
- BARRY MILTON WOPINSKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- MICHAEL CHARLES ZELLERSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- WILLIAM ERNEST ADAMSSergeant · February 26, 1968
- ANDREW AUGUSTUS ALLEN IIISpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW AUGUSTUS ALLEN IIISpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 34
- JAMES EDWARD DEESE JRCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 37
- GARFIELD EVANSSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 37
- WAYNE B PLATTSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 42
- ALVIN RAY BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 45
- RICHARD JAMES WILTSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 46
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.