Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: L Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 21-Nov-1946
Hometown: Asheville, North Carolina
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 21-Jan-1969
Start of tour: 18-Jul-1969
Incident date: 26-Nov-1969
Date of casualty: 26-Nov-1969
Age at death: 23
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Burns/Smoke Inhalation. Burns.
Jon Anthony Allen was killed while at a night defensive position when the area came under attack by a hostile force. / At night defensive position (NDP). Engaged hostile force in firefight.
Four Blackhorse troopers died as a result of this incident:
SP4 Jon Anthony Allen
SP4 Johnny Carl Jones
SSG Arthur John Rambo
SP4 Barry Frank Scott
Location of fatality: Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, XT 545 846
Place of interment: Green Hills Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
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