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THOMAS BARRY ALLEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 19, 1949 – November 22, 1967
Service recordThomas Barry Allen, of Greenville, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 61
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Born
- April 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Greenville, Mississippi (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 61
- JAMES ARTHUR WATSONPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- JEROME PAUL WEBERCorporal · November 21, 1967
- SHELDON DON BOWLERPrivate · November 22, 1967
- DEAN MOORESpecialist Five · November 22, 1967
From Greenville
- LAWRENCE BEVERLY MCCLOUDPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- RANDOLPH DAVISSergeant · November 3, 1966
- ANTHONY THOMASSpecialist Four · February 9, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK QUINNSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- THOMAS MURL JAGGERSCorporal · May 4, 1967
- CHARLES MILTONSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- LEROY WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1967
- JAMES NOEL CLEMONSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- JERRY W ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · January 21, 1968
- ISAIAH LAWS JRPrivate First Class · February 1, 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.