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WILLIAM TERRY ALLEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 17, 1945 – December 4, 1967
Service recordWilliam Terry Allen, of Enterprise, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 32
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
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Enterprise, Alabama (Coffee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1967; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 32
- PHILIP ALVIN VOLENTINECaptain · December 3, 1967
- SIDNEY EMERY BARBERCorporal · December 4, 1967
- ROBERT HARRIS BRUNSLance Corporal · December 4, 1967
- THOMAS PAUL CIECURASpecialist Four · December 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS PAUL CIECURASpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 32
- OMER PAUL DICKERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 33
- WILLIAM ESSIE EMBRYPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 34
- ALBERT WILLIAM FRAZIERPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 34
- WILLIAM YANCEY HADLEYSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 35
- CLYDE MARVIN LEESpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 36
- WOLFGANG TONY OTTO MOHLSpecialist Five · Panel 31E, Line 37
- TODD TATE IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 39
From Enterprise
- BILLY GENE HAMMERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 12, 1965
- JAMES ROWE STEPHENSSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- JOHN HENRY JONESPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSEL PHILLIPSLieutenant Colonel · February 3, 1967
- GUY ALBERT BYRDSergeant First Class · April 5, 1967
- LYTELL B CHRISTIANStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1968
- RONALD ISAAC CRODYStaff Sergeant · January 17, 1969
- ALLEN WAYNE ALLUMSSpecialist Five · May 6, 1969
- GREEN EDWARD MILLER JRStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1970
- JAMES RICHARD LAYTONSergeant · July 22, 1972
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.