Allen, Richard Lee, SSG

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Staff Sergeant

Last Service Branch
Engineer Corps

Last Primary MOS
12B40-Combat Engineer

Last MOS Group
Engineer Corps (Enlisted)

Primary Unit
1968-1969, 12B40, A Company, 86th Engineer Battalion

Service Years
1963 - 1969

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Florida

Year of Birth
1945

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Casualty Info

Home Town Daytona Beach, FL	Last Address Farmington, NM

Casualty Date Feb 07, 1969
Cause Hostile, Died	Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Dinh Tuong (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Lafayette Memorial Park - Fayetteville, North Carolina	Wall/Plot Coordinates 33W 075

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2013, Vietnam Veterans Memorial [Verified] - Assoc. Page
	2018, The National Gold Star Family Registry

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Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase IV Campaign (1968)
From Month/Year April / 1968	To Month/Year June / 1968
Description This campaign was from 2 April to 30 June 1968. During this period friendly forces conducted a number of battalion-size attritional operations against the enemy. Operations PEGASUS-Lam Son 207 relieved the Khe Sanh Combat Base on 5 April and thereby opened Route 9 for the first time since August 1967. This operation not only severely restricted the North Vietnamese Army's use of western Quang Tri Province but also inflicted casualties on the remnants of two North Vietnamese divisions withdrawing from the area. This success was followed by a singular allied spoiling operation in the A Shau Valley, Operation DELAWARE-Lam Son. These two operations prevented the enemy from further attacking I Corps Tactical Zone population centers and forced him to shift his pressure to the III Corps Tactical Zone. During the period 5-12 May 1968 the Viet Cong launched an offensive with Saigon as the primary objective. Friendly forces defended the city with great determination. Consequently Saigon was never in danger of being overrun. Small Viet Cong units that did manage to get into the outskirts were fragmented and driven out with great loss of enemy life. By the end of June 1968 friendly forces had decisively blunted the enemy's attacks, inflicted very heavy casualties, and hindered his ability to attack urban areas throughout the Republic of Vietnam. The enemy was forced to withdraw to his sanctuaries. The strength of the U.S. Army in Vietnam reach a peak of nearly 360,000 men during this period.

My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year April / 1968	To Month/Year June / 1968

Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020

Personal Memories

Units Participated in Operation
1st Cavalry Division
29th Civil Affairs Company, I Corps
1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment
630th Military Police Company
18th Military Police Brigade
16th Military Police Group
545th Military Police Company
300th Military Police Company
212th Military Police Company
66th Military Police Company
272nd Military Police Company
716th Military Police Battalion
23rd Military Police Company
504th Military Police Battalion
218th Military Police Company
194th Military Police Company
1st Military Police Company, 1st Infantry Division
615th Military Police Company
148th Military Police Detachment, 759th Military Police Battalion
720th Military Police Battalion
95th Military Police Battalion
127th Military Police Company
527th Military Police Company
154th Transportation Company
552nd Military Police Company
23rd Military Police Company, 503rd Military Police Battalion (Airborne)
4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery
557th Military Police Company
101st Military Police Company
981st Military Police Company
93rd Military Police Battalion