Anthony Allen
Corporal
1ST FORCE RECON CO, 1ST RECON BN, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 27, 1946 to July 11, 1967
ANTHONY ALLEN is on the Wall at Panel 23E, Line 48

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Combat Action Ribbon
 
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 address is not available.


 

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.

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