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WILLIAM ORLANDO ALLEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 10, 1927 – February 23, 1966
Service recordWilliam Orlando Allen, of Chiefland, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1927
- Home of record
- Chiefland, Florida (Levy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1966
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 63
- DAVID WAYNE UTLEYPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD BROOKSPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HARMON CHARLES BURDSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 64
- TERRENCE LEE SOUHRADAPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 68
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.