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WILLIAM EUGENE ALLEN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 21, 1931 – December 30, 1969
Service recordWilliam Eugene Allen, of Milan, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 108
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
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor (63Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 21, 1931
- Home of record
- Milan, Pennsylvania (Bradford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 108
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY LUCIANILance Corporal · December 29, 1969
- GEORGE PARNELL REEDCorporal · December 29, 1969
- EDDIE SAILORSpecialist Four · December 29, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD SPENCERSergeant First Class · December 29, 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.