Allen Brackins

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20 Dec 2004 Sgt. Allen Brackins was what a Combat leader should be. He commanded your utmost respect. I respected him. He was not even my Platoon Sergeant, but I respected him. I never thought he would die. To this day, when I think about it, which is often, I still am troubled by his death. He was one of those men who you'd like to have a reunion with 25 years later, but who you'd still address as "Sergeant Brackins". Men like him should not have died.

A Note from The Virtual Wall C Company, 1/2nd Infantry, lost five men on 24 April 1966: SFC Billy A. Thompson, Harrisburg, PA SSG Allen Brackins, Blakely, GA SGT Robert L. Adams, Tarentum, PA SGT Henry P. Pereda, Agana, GU PFC Richard A. Recupero, Key West, FL Two others, PFC David W. Terwilliger, Dearborn, MI, from "A" Company, and PFC John A. Fontaine, Methuen, MA, a medic from HHC, also were killed in action that day. Allen Brackins, Staff Sergeant, United States Army, was buried on 04 May 1966 in Site 309, Section IV, Fort Devens Post Cemetery, Ayer, Massachusetts, among other men of courage and integrity.

The point-of-contact for this memorial is a comrade in arms, Dennis J. Grange 240 Enfield Center Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 dennisjgrange@htva.net  20 Dec 2004

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
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