CHANNING ALLEN

CHANNING ALLEN Jr.

Company A 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 02/16/1967

Army - PFC - E3

Age: 24
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Aug 25, 1942
From: ALBERTSON, NY
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Single

PFC - E3 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B20: Infantryman
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Jul 21, 1966
Casualty was on Feb 16, 1967
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered

Panel 15E - Line 38

Channing Allen was killed in a battle with NVA forces during Operation Sam Houston, at grid reference YA598614,
approximately 27 kilometers west/northwest of Plei Djereng airfield.

PFC Channing Allen's decorations

Channing is also eligible to receive the Conspicuous Service Cross
from the State of New York

Channing Allen at base camp in Vietnam

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Channing Allen was a 1961 graduate of the Eastern Military Academy in Connecticut.
Below are his accomplishments and ribbons while at the Academy:

Channing Allen

Photo of Channing Allen and accomplishments from the Eastern Military Academy yearbook the "Saber"

courtesy of BILL CARRABA

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Below is a Reader's Digest article about Channing:

BURIAL
Nassau Knolls Cemetery
Port Washington, Nassau County, New York
PLOT Colonial Gardens, Urn Garden, Lot 16

Grave marker for Channing Allen Jr.

Photo by M. DeAcetis from the Find a Grave website

Photos and documents courtesy of Channing Allen's older brother, Jefferson F. Allen

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