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TERRANCE W ALLEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 2, 1947 – May 6, 1968
Service recordTerrance W Allen, of Bay City, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 38
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Bay City, Michigan (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 38
- STEPHEN ALLISON ALLSOPPSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- DAVID AZORESergeant · May 6, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD BAILEYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE BAIRDSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY HOWARD ALDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 37
- CURTIS ELBERT BANDYSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 39
- DAVID LEE BETEBENNERSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 1
- THOMAS FRANKLIN CREWSStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 4
- GEORGE LOUIS DALESergeant First Class · Panel 56E, Line 5
- SYDNEY WILLIAM KLEMMERSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 6
- JOHN ANDRES JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 8
- WILLIAM B KIMBALL JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 56E, Line 10
- ALLEN ARTHUR STRAUSSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 16
- RICHARD FLOYD TURPIN IIISpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 17
From Bay City
- JERALD DUANE FRITZPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- MICHAEL EDWARD ALDERSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- JOHN DONALD ROCHESergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- JAMES LARRY BURNEYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- ALGER LAWRENCE WHITE JRSpecialist Five · February 7, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN BENSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES KLINELance Corporal · April 10, 1968
- JESSE CARMONA JRCorporal · May 3, 1968
- ROGER RALPH MOLLSpecialist Four · August 23, 1968
- MICHAEL MURRAY DAVIDSONPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
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.