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TERRY LEE ALLEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 29, 1947 – June 9, 1968
Service recordTerry Lee Allen, of North Bend, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 5
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 29, 1947
- Home of record
- North Bend, Oregon (Coos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 5
- DOUGLAS MACKARTHE MALLETTSergeant · June 8, 1968
- DANIEL LEO STOCKERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- ARTHUR TRAVIS TURNERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- JUAN ANTUPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
From North Bend
- ALLEN LINN PIERCEPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1966
- DAVID BURNETT LENTZSpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
- DAVID JOHN ELLEFSONLance Corporal · April 25, 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.
