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WILLIAM JOHN ALLEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 8, 1946 – February 22, 1969
Service recordWilliam John Allen, of Greenville, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 75
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Greenville, Michigan (Montcalm County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 75
- WOODROW WILLIAM ADAMSPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- HOY EARL CHUI MUN AUPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT BAIRD JRLance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- LARRY JOE BOEHMPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DALE CHARLES FISHERSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 80
- GERALD WRAZENCaptain · Panel 32W, Line 84
- KEVIN EDWARD TWEEDLEPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 85
From Greenville
- DANNY LEE JONESPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- WADE LAWRENCE GROTHStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1968
- GERALD STUART WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- GERALD EDWARD KORSONLance Corporal · June 14, 1968
- DENNIS LEE GILESSpecialist Four · September 24, 1968
- DANIEL LESLIE FRIESCorporal · October 19, 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.