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WILLIAM ALLEN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 1, 1949 – April 7, 1969
Service recordWilliam Allen JR, of Cantonment, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 28
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Cantonment, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 28
- ROBERT ANTHONY WOJTYNASpecialist Four · April 6, 1969
- JAMES LEE BARTONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- JOHN ELSEY BATCHELOR JRLance Corporal · April 7, 1969
- JACK BLAINE BEERSSergeant First Class · April 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MICHAEL DERDACorporal · Panel 27W, Line 29
- THOMAS EUGENE HOOVERSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 31
- ROBERT WILLIAM SNYDERPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 34
From Cantonment
- RALPH COLEMANStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1966
- JAMES TERRY BEASLEYCorporal · August 26, 1966
- KENNETH HORACE BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES MCNACPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- HUBERT CHARLES KNIGHTPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- JAMES LARRY WARDSergeant · February 7, 1969
- FREDRICK WAYNE SHEFFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 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.