Allen, Samuel R., SSG

Fallen

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Last Rank
Staff Sergeant

Last Service Branch
Special Forces (1987-Present)

Last Primary MOS
91B40-Medical Specialist

Last MOS Group
Medical

Primary Unit
1966-1967, 91B40, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

Service Years
1950 - 1967

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Ohio

Year of Birth
1935

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Casualty Info

Home Town Hamilton, OH	Last Address Hamilton, OH

Casualty Date May 16, 1967
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Kontum (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Riverside Cemetery - Hazard, Kentucky	Wall/Plot Coordinates 20E 004

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1967, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2017, Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial
	2018, The National Gold Star Family Registry

Photo Album (More...)

In Service	In Service	In Service
	SSG Sam Allen, Foots...

1966-1967, 91B40, Det A-252 (Plei Mrong), Det B-25 (Pleiku)

From Month/Year November / 1966	To Month/Year May / 1967
Unit Det A-252 (Plei Mrong) Unit Page
Rank Staff Sergeant	MOS 91B40-Medical Specialist
Base, Fort or City Not Specified	State/Country Kontum (Vietnam)

Patch	Det A-252 (Plei Mrong), Det B-25 (Pleiku) Details

	Type Special Operations
	Parent Unit Det B-25 (Pleiku)	Strength Detachment
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Sep 14, 2017

Yearbook

My Photos For This Unit

9 Members Also There at Same Time

Det A-251 (Plei Djereng)

Hughes, Glenn Curtis, MAJ, (1951-1980)

11B20

Staff Sergeant

Det A-253 (Duc Co)

Conway, James Bennett, MAJ, (1956-1966)	IN	1542	Captain
Helton, James Carlos, MSG, (1949-1967)	IN	11F10	Sergeant First Class
Woods, David Alexander, SFC, (1957-1967)			Sergeant First Class

Det A-254 (Plei Do Lim)

Stevens, Lowell Wesley, Sr., MSG, (1959-1980)

11F10

Staff Sergeant

Det A-255 (Plei Me)

Ramsey, Steven George, 1LT, (1966-1968)	IN	1542	First Lieutenant
Schmidt, Donald Frank, CPT, (1964-1966)	IN	1542	First Lieutenant
Helton, James Carlos, MSG, (1949-1967)	IN	11F10	Sergeant First Class

Det B-25 (Pleiku)

Davis, Fred E., SGM, (1942-1975)	IN	11Z50	Sergeant Major
Wells, Allen Glaine, SP 4, (1964-1966)	MI	96B10	Specialist 4