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SAMUEL R ALLEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 2, 1935 – May 16, 1967
Service recordSamuel R Allen, of Hamilton, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 2, 1935
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1967; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 4
- MARVIN JOHN SINKLERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- FRANK TAFOYAPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JAMES DENNIS WESTLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- FLOYD LEHMAN AMOSSergeant · May 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GERALD VICTOR PARMENTIERMaster Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 10
From Hamilton
- STANLEY SERGEANT SHAWLieutenant · February 11, 1964
- NELSON EDDIE WILSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- EUGENE LEE ELLWOODCorporal · October 3, 1965
- LEON PARNELL LAMPLEYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- THOMAS FREDERICK BRUCKChief Petty Officer · January 10, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- PAUL LEWIN CONRADPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
- SAMUEL LEWIS HUFFMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- KENNETH RAY BERTSCHSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- WALTER MARCUMPrivate First Class · September 29, 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.