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WAYNE CLOUSE ALLEN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 17, 1948 – January 10, 1970
Service recordWayne Clouse Allen, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 10, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 22
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Tewksbury, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 10, 1970
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 22
- JOSE F GUERRERO JRSergeant · January 9, 1970
- HERBERT CHARLES CROSBYCaptain · January 10, 1970
- MONTE RAOUL DEVEREMaster Sergeant · January 10, 1970
- FRANCIS GEORGE GRAZIOSISergeant First Class · January 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT CHARLES CROSBYCaptain · Panel 14W, Line 22
- FRANCIS GEORGE GRAZIOSISergeant First Class · Panel 14W, Line 22
- GEORGE ANDREWS HOWESChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 14W, Line 23
From Tewksbury
- GEORGE ARTHUR KYRICOSLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL MORRISWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1968
- RICHARD GIRARD MORINCaptain · December 20, 1968
- ROBERT EVERETT SPIRESSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- LUCO WILLIAM PALMASeaman · September 18, 1970
- DANIEL KENNETH ERLANDSONSpecialist Four · January 17, 1971
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.