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STEPHEN HARRIS ALLISON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 16, 1944 – October 20, 1969
Service recordStephen Harris Allison, of Statesville, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 93
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- November 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Statesville, North Carolina (Iredell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 17W, Line 93
- ALBERT N WRIGHT JRSergeant · October 19, 1969
- JAMES VINCENT ALDREDSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- DENNIS RALPH BAKERLance Corporal · October 20, 1969
- PHILIP WAYNE BAUGHNSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
From Statesville
- MURRAY SIMS MOSELEYSpecialist Four · April 30, 1966
- JOHNIE WAYNE MCLAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CAMPBELLSergeant · July 25, 1967
- WILLIAM EDDIE HOCKERCaptain · September 5, 1967
- GEORGE LAXLEY MYERSSergeant · December 12, 1967
- ELBERT HENRY MAXWELLPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- RONALD JAY MCCOYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- EUGENE MORGAN SUTTON JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
- ARDREY WATTS BARRINGER JRPrivate · June 9, 1968
- WILLIAM THEODORE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
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.