James J. Allen

Philadelphia Memorial Panel: Panel 1

National Memorial Panel / Row: West 60 / 14

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1949

Neighborhood: Mayfair

High School: Abraham Lincoln High School

Street: Rowland Ave.

Branch of Service: Army

Rank: PFC

Date of Casualty: 18-Nov-1967

Province of Casualty: Quang Nam

Allen, 18, left Thomas Edison High School and worked several jobs before enlisting in the Marine Corps in April 1967. The corporal, a rifleman, died during Operation Allenbrook in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, on June 5, 1968, after participating in several combat operations with Company C of the 1st Battalion, 27th Marines, 1st Marine Division in the vicinity of Hue and Da Nang. He was survived by his parents, a brother and three sisters.