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WILLIAM EDWIN ALLISON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 22, 1947 – July 2, 1967
Service recordWilliam Edwin Allison, of Decatur, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 94
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Decatur, Indiana (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 94
- JOHN MATHEW AINSWORTH JRPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- JOHN PERRY ANDERSONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- DENNIS DALE ASCHENBRENNERFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1967
- LEON EARL BELLCorporal · July 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS DALE ASCHENBRENNERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 94
- EDWARD LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 97
- CHARLES ERNEST CRAINPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 99
- DAVID JOHN DERUEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 100
- LUTHER M JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 106
- WILLIAM DAVID LEWISSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 108
- JIMMY MCBROONPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 110
- FRANKLIN HAMILTON PENNPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 112
- JOHN DOMINICK SALMIERISpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 114
- FRANK W SAWYER JRCorporal · Panel 22E, Line 114
- MALCOLM FAIRCHILD TASSEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 116
- ROBERT VARGOCorporal · Panel 22E, Line 117
From Decatur
- FLOYD EUGENE DOADESPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- STEPHEN EUGENE BREINERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
- DUANE GERALD LANDISHospitalman · August 27, 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.