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SAM STEPHEN ALLISON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 2, 1948 – July 9, 1968
Service recordSam Stephen Allison, of Abilene, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Abilene, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 4
- R G CAUTHRONCorporal · July 9, 1968
- CHARLES COOK JRPrivate First Class · July 9, 1968
- ANGEL MANUEL CRUZ-VAZQUEZSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
- DANIEL LEE DAWES SRCaptain · July 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HUGO CARLOS CASTANEDAPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 2
- CHARLES COOK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 4
- FREDERICK REED WILLSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 8
From Abilene
- EDGAR LEWIS PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- RAYES CISNEROS FLORESPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- FRANCISCO HERRERASergeant · March 29, 1966
- GREG WEAVERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- RONALD GENE MCBETHPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- HENRY HARRISON DELANOMaster Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- JACKIE BURL HALLPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- WILLIAM P YARBROUGH JRCommander · January 19, 1967
- RONALD JAMES DEXTERSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- SAM TRINIDAD CURIELLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
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.