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WILLIAM CORDELL ALLEN JR
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1948 – June 24, 1967
Service recordWilliam Cordell Allen JR, of Sparta, Tennessee, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 24, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 56
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Sparta, Tennessee (White County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 56
- LEONARD PHILLIPSMaster Sergeant · June 23, 1967
- ELWOOD BAKERLance Corporal · June 24, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH BIALKOWSKIConstructionman · June 24, 1967
- ANDREW JAMES DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
From Sparta
- THURMAN B SHOCKLEY JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1966
- SEAN PAUL DODSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ALVIN DALE HUTCHINGSPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL CASEYCaptain · March 25, 1968
- JACKIE WAYNE TROGLENStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1969
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.