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TERRY ALLEN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 5, 1948 – June 23, 1968
Service recordTerry Allen JR, of Newnan, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Newnan, Georgia (Coweta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 20
- RONALD LEE SHAVERPetty Officer Third Class · June 22, 1968
- JAMES ERVIN BOOTHMajor · June 23, 1968
- GARY RAY BURNETTELance Corporal · June 23, 1968
- DONALD FRANCIS CASEYColonel · June 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RICHARDSONCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 23
- ERNEST VON SHOMPANYCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 24
- GARY WILKINSONCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 25
From Newnan
- DONALD STEVEN LOWERYPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- JESSIE CLIFFORD COFIELDCorporal · September 13, 1967
- THOMAS PATE HUDDLESTONSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- JERRY LYNN SMITHSergeant · January 3, 1968
- JOHNNY C CALHOUNSergeant First Class · March 27, 1968
- TIMOTHY COLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1968
- EDGAR STEVAN PITTMANSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- WARNER PRATER HUGHIECorporal · March 12, 1970
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.