Anthony Allen

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18 Feb 2001 REMEMBERED By a friend, Barry J Preston Sr. 2532 Coon Club Rd Westminster, Maryland 21157 bprestonsr@aol.com Visit Force Recon

12 Aug 2002 The photo and following article is taken from The Philadelphia Daily News, special supplement entitled 'SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY,' October 26, 1987. The 20-year-old Marine corporal had volunteered to stay an extra week in Viet Nam when he was killed in Da Nang, Quang Nam Province, on July ll,1967, after a lighting bolt ignited grenades and anti-personal mines stored in his bunker. The Murrell Dobbins Vocational High School graduate had been on more than 30 long-range patrols as a rifleman and reconnaissance scout with the 1st Forward (sic) Reconnaisance Company of the 1st Marine Division. He was survived by his mother, to whom he wrote "The only person Marines look up to is God." SEMPER FIDELIS, MARINE! From a native Philadelphian and Marine, Jim McIlhenney christianamacks@comcast.net

25 May 2004 I'm sorry about your loss. I'm a tenth grade student and we had to choose someone from Vietnam to write about. I Chose Anthony because he was a worthy fighter and deserves to be recognized With lots of Care and Love, Misty E-Mail will be forwarded by the Webmaster@VirtualWall.org

A Note from The Virtual Wall The 1st Force Recon Company lost two men in the incident, Cpl Allen and LCpl Luther T. Stowe of North Edwards, California.

The point-of-contact for this memorial is a friend, Barry J Preston Sr. 2532 Coon Club Rd Westminster, Maryland 21157 bprestonsr@aol.com  18 Feb 2001

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