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WILLIAM DENNI MCALLISTER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 15, 1946 – March 6, 1969
Service recordWilliam Denni McAllister, of Vincennes, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 58
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Vincennes, Indiana (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 58
- GERALD LYNN JAMESPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- MICHAEL PAUL MALUEGPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- JOHN TERENCE MCDONNELLMajor · March 6, 1969
- RICARDO JOSEPH ORTEGONSergeant · March 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLAYTON EUGENE FRALEYPrivate · Panel 30W, Line 53
- DANIEL MORRIS NOELDNERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 55
- FRANK DENNIS JOYNES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 56
- JOHN WILLIAM KOBELIN IICorporal · Panel 30W, Line 56
- WILFRED PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 59
- PAUL PETER VAVROSKYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 60
- JAMES EDWARD RAMSBYSpecialist Five · Panel 30W, Line 61
From Vincennes
- BILLY WAYNE HEDGECorporal · November 22, 1965
- ROBERT JAMES ROSEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD HAYNESStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
- JERRY EARL PRYSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- BRUCE EDGAR STRATECorporal · February 7, 1968
- DICK DALE HAMILTONSergeant First Class · August 21, 1968
- JAMES WAYNE BEDELLCorporal · July 7, 1969
- THOMAS ANDREW HIGGINSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1969
- JAMES ANTHONY BAILEYCorporal · November 20, 1969
- CHARLES ALLEN COVEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 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.